cars of that era had blue 235s, no V8's were blue .... after 52 years who can say why yours is blue? would be unusual if the engine hadn't been out for major work some time - numbers are the only way to ID the year of it and if it's "original"

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot