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You know that we are too far gone when we worry about the color/finish of the oil dipstick tube on the engine. Was the dipstick tube installed prior to painting the engine Chevy Orange? I have an NOS oil dipstick tube in the GM box for my 1966 283 that is not painted. It looks alot like natural steel finish.
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From what is in my head and my printed info. the tube was not painted. Probably to prevent damage to it during shipping of the engine.
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the 63 thru 67 sbcs installed in midyear corvettes were bare metal dipstick tubes. i assume all sbcs that originated in flint michigan , be they vettes or pass cars were also bare metal.mike
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