Fw: 354 engine paint.

[John Hertog <crossram@xxxx>]

Forwarding as per request...
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim McMullan" <macthehammer@xxxx>

>
> John please forward to list for a laugh.Years ago I built up a 354 to race
> on 1/4 mile dirt.It was on the floor in the shop and I had given it a coat
of
> silver paint.Went up stars to change into racing close-red shirt and white
> pants.This was common practice in those days If you lost it on the track
and
> were spinning through the pits and saw something that was red on top and
white
> below you tried to miss it because it was probably at least partly
human.Aney
> way I went to the shop to wait for my friends to pick me up.Decided to
touch up
> some flat spots. Set the can on the floor and knocked the engine over
cutting a
> almost full spray can in too.I was red and white on one side and silver on
the
> other just as my buddies arived.Took about 3 years to live that down.Jim
> McMullan 300 F
>