Did Ford ever produce a blue block 302? I didn't think they did but then again what do I know. What color block was the Boss 302?

What years were the 351W's blue?

 

blue was the traditional color for all the v8 engines made from 68 -81 in 82 the engines went to battleship grey. Later they stopped painting them all together and left then in bare steele

 

http://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/...t/viewall.html
Here is an interesting read for ya

 

Okay... (haven't opened your link yet... but reading your message, now I'm curious... b/c my block is blue (and it is CLEARLY not re-done). I tried for my life to get a look at the freeze plugs earlier but I just cant. Too cramped - headers in the way, just can't see. I'll pull out the wifes car tomorrow and jack her up and take a look...

So, no 5.0 block that was blue... boy did my stomach just turn (in a good way lol)

 

By the way... where in Ohio?

 

lol North Baltimore. A little south of bg ......I just saw in your sig your in Sylvania.

 

If your wondering if you have a boss , you need to remove the starter and look for the block numbers. 1969 is C9ZE C8FE 1970 is CDOZE-B
That's the only real way to tell if its a Boss . Yes the Boss had screw in type freeze plugs but those could also be added to a Windsor block by someone later on in its life.

 

Didn't a 351W have 3 plugs per side? Versus 2 for the Boss?

 

Nope all the v8's have 3 plugs along the sides. If you think you have a 351 the intake is a lot wider on the 351 than the 302
http://www.fordification.com/tech/engineID-V8.htm
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dawson1112 is 100% correct on this as far I know.
Got to remember that guys rebuilding things are apt to paint anything any color.
When I raced MOPARS (25years) I needed some paint real bad and a Ford friend of mine gave a couple cans of Ford blue, worked real good,LOL........