[theastronaut]

All throughout the restoration the owners didn't want to do anything under the hood cosmeticly. But once I started reassembling the truck and they saw how nice it was turning out, we were able to talk them into detailing the engine compartment. Their dad had installed a rebuilt engine shortly before he passed away so we didn't rebuild the 292, just detailed it.

Starting point:







Getting it ready to pull:





Engine out:







Notice the green paint and the overspray pattern on the bellhousing. I replicated this when we repainted the engine and trans.