I am painting my rebuilt 235 back to its original color and was wondering if the waterpump was painted gray or was it black? Also wondering if the manifolds were left unpainted? I also wanted to know if the valve cover was originally black as well. When I bought the 53 truck its motor was painted all black and the guy told me that thats how it came from the factory, but I had never heard of this before. I had always thought they were either blue or gray.
thanks,
Rob