1967 427-435 oil stick tube painted

[Guest]

Just like to clarify this photo of a oil stick tube from a 67 NCRS Benchmark Car 427-435 unrestored showing a painted oil stick tube and judging guide 7th edition page 139 doesn't really say oil stick tube should be unpainted or painted, Mechanical judges state the oil tube should be bare and unpainted and was installed after engine was painted, so what is the real answer by view of the photo ?

[Joe L.]

Re: 1967 427-435 oil stick tube painted

Just like to clarify this photo of a oil stick tube from a 67 NCRS Benchmark Car 427-435 unrestored showing a painted oil stick tube and judging guide 7th edition page 139 doesn't really say oil stick tube should be unpainted or painted, Mechanical judges state the oil tube should be bare and unpainted and was installed after engine was painted, so what is the real answer by view of the photo ?

Danny------


The tube was installed at St. Louis so there's no way it could have been painted with the engine. Also, note that the end of the motor mount through-bolt and side of the motor mount are also painted. There's no possible way they could have been on the engine when it was painted. So, how did this happen? Very simple: someone painted the engine or parts thereof when it was in the car, probably long after the car left St. Louis.

[Guest]

Re: 1967 427-435 oil stick tube painted

Danny------


The tube was installed at St. Louis so there's no way it could have been painted with the engine. Also, note that the end of the motor mount through-bolt and side of the motor mount are also painted. There's no possible way they could have been on the engine when it was painted. So, how did this happen? Very simple: someone painted the engine or parts thereof when it was in the car, probably long after the car left St. Louis.

Thanks Joe , I agree just needed to clear it up ,they say to look at a NCRS Benchmark Award cars unrestored and untouch and you,ll have idea how these car’s came from factory , I guess not

[Leif A.]

Re: 1967 427-435 oil stick tube painted

Thanks Joe , I agree just needed to clear it up ,they say to look at a NCRS Benchmark Award cars unrestored and untouch and you,ll have idea how these car’s came from factory , I guess not

Danny,
And, herein, lies the issue. Your car may very well be unrestored but it is not "untouched" as Joe pointed out...fairly obvious what some previous owner did...no foul...easy clean-up should you decide to do so.

[Guest]

[Terry M.]

Re: 1967 427-435 oil stick tube painted

Thanks Joe , I agree just needed to clear it up ,they say to look at a NCRS Benchmark Award cars unrestored and untouch and you,ll have idea how these car’s came from factory , I guess not

Danny

Some matters of terminology:

MCRS offers a Star Bow Tie Award and Bloomington Gold offers the Benchmark Award. The standards for those awards are different and the location where the cars are judged is different. Bloomington Gold judges cars as they sit on the ground. NCRS puts those cars on a lift to judge the chassis.

Those differences aside under neither system does a car need to be 100% perfect to receive either award.

I will leave you with my final words on this subjerct, and you may quote me: There are no Corvette virgins.