bare. There have been a couple of original cars found with evidence of what seems to be factory red paint, maybe overspray. But 99.9% of cenventional wisdom is bare.
I have only seen a few cars that have had the original fuel pump still in place, one of them was a '72 and it had the fuel pump painted almost entirely red. It was obviously installed prior to the engine being painted. I would imagine that it would depend on who was doing the painting as to how much was on the fuel pump. In order to paint the timing cover and block well, I would think it would be hard not to completely cover the fuel pump. I can't speak for '69s as I have never seen one with the original pump in place but I would bet the assembly & painting process was the same for many years. When I get home I will post a couple of pictures. Unfortunately it looks like crap and unless it was for a trailer queen show car I personally would not paint the fuel pump.
I know you didn't ask but the distributor assy was also installed before the engine was painted, it would look like crap on a restored car but interesting.
factory photo of engine shows it to be basically complete prior to painting (note the distributor already installed)
it's shocking to see paint all over the hoses like that. I never saw that but then again I never owned a Buick that had less than 100K o No: Thanks for the pics :TU:
I looked at a collectors Superbird last month. It has less than 10K miles on it and had never been touched. There was overspray on many components under the hood. Even parts of the steel fuel lines were painted engine color. Don't think Chrysler ever thought these things would become works of art 40 years later. thanks for the factory pics above
