F Head Color?

Im almost done rebuilding my F head, and after looking at the tech page about the 3 colors the engine originally was, how can I tell the difference?

I would assume, that it being a Utah CJ, the high altitude would be the ticket...

Any other more diffinitive thaughts?

 

Black is good, probably what I'll paint mine. But I saw some photos of one painted gray (Howard Eisenhauer's?) and that looked pretty good. Looked like it would be a lot easier to see under the hood, spot leaks, etc.

 

Yeah, black makes under the hood awfully dark ... even if authentic.

 

I believe Alpine green was the factory color for high altitudes and non-domestic F-heads.

 

Blue for export, and off the tech page:

Painted yellow, 7.8:1 compression, high altitude domestic

Heres where Im at now, and Ive been tempted to leave it:

 

I wouldn't leave it primered, flat paint soaks up things too much and stains too easily. Gray is good, but I'd put a tough glossy engine paint over the primer, whatever color you choose. You want something that will come clean when you wash it. Primer would look like sheee-it in short order, IMO.

 

I went with red with black on the removable parts ( fan, valve cover, etc). Will match the eventual exterior paint scheme. Also were the factory colors on my '71 Camaro I never should have sold Black would be original,, but as previously stated has its disadvantages.

 

I think im going to stick with blue/black as the color scheme for the cj was originally anyway.

 

I would think pink would be appropriate.

JB

 

I have photos at home of one of the members that painted theres a medium shade of green that looked awesome. Black may be original but I like to be able to see leaks alittle better than that.

 

I'm partial to Hemi orange.

 

Blue looked good in the paint store. I like it in the Jeep even more.

 

Was the original F-Head black glossy or semi-gloss?