What i was saying was related to non r/t cars. The r/t cars got the orange engines, yet there have been several questions here and on other forums about the non r/t cars. Apparently the non R/T cars could have gotten either an orange or a blue engine? The pics and the ad on ebay above show what looks like an orange numbers matching engine in an N-code non-R/T car. I have no idea, but have been searching for examples of this. I called and spoke with the guy I bought my non-R/T car from two days ago, and he said when his friend bought it, it had an orange engine. There was a sister/brother car to mine that was for sale just a few weeks ago, and the the fellow that bought it is a new member here, his engine is numbers matching and orange. I have also seen another N-code SE that had a blue engine, and then this convertible that I posted the image of up above sure seems to have an orange engine in it..
I have no idea. I trust Barry as well, he knows a lot about this stuff! But the question keeps coming up, and it never seems to be answered with proof either way. The images above are of a JH27 convertible --N-code, with what sure looks like an orange block. (Unless it has been re-painted or something, and who knows really after all these years).
One more thing, just trying to be clear. The R/T N code cars with air have orange engines. The question is what color are the N-Code engines in non R/T cars? From what I have found (some anecdotal and some like the pics listed and more in the past is that apparantly some base N-Code cars had orange engines). I don't know the criteria for why,what,where for doing that! The only thing that made the 5 extra horsepower was the carb anyway.
In any event, not trying to start a flame war or anything. Hope everyone has a blessed day!
