| Wolfie | -- 11-09-2009 @ 4:20 PM |
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What year did they start painting the engines light blue? I have an engine with the crab distributor and one fan belt. It looks like factory original because the heads have never been off. 42?
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| trjford8 | -- 11-09-2009 @ 7:32 PM |
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The V-8 Club's 41-48 book indicates the blue engine paint began in 1946.
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| 42wagon | -- 11-10-2009 @ 3:15 AM |
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Wolfie You don't say what year your car is. However I suspect you have a rebuilt engine. All 42-48 engines have two belts. One for the fan and one for the water pumps and generator. 41 engines have the single fan belt. The crab distributor was only used in 42. Ford did not start painting engines blue until 46. Most Fords of the era did not survive without a rebuilt engine. The engine rebuilder probably was not particular about what color paint he used and probably thought he was doing the owner a favor by using the "improved" distributor. Ted
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| TomO | -- 11-10-2009 @ 6:17 AM |
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Tom, are you sure that the book says that the blue painted engines started in 1946? If so, it is incorrect. There is plenty of documentation showing that the 239 Cu. In. engines were painted blue starting in 1941. The 221 Cu.In. engines were painted green until the end of production in 1942. Ford and Mercury shared the 239 Cu.In. engine starting in 1946. The blue paint was more of a medium to dark blue, not a light blue. Tom This message was edited by TomO on 11-10-09 @ 6:20 AM
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| trjford8 | -- 11-10-2009 @ 7:11 AM |
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Tom, if you have the 41-48 book the info is on page 5-2. It says that 41-42 are green and 46-48 are blue.
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| TomO | -- 11-10-2009 @ 7:49 AM |
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Tom, I don't have the book and I didn't see the engine color listed in the corrections. I do remember that Doug Falk had an original, low mileage 1941 Mercury with an engine painted blue. He did research and found a factory letter detailing the change over on the 239 engine color. The results of his research were printed in the V-8 Times. We all know that the Ford car could be ordered with the 239 engine on special order from 1939-1942 and that the chassis would be stamped with the 99A prefix. If the Ford car had a 99A prefix in the serial number and it was made after 1941, it would have a blue engine. This should be added to the corrections. Tom
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