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Mike and I had a big day this past weekend. We finally got the car off the rotisserie and all painted with rust inhibitor. Just have a little lower quarter work to finish that could not be done on rotisserie.

who's gonna mow the other half of that lawn :-)

Looks great. I went with Evaporust as it got good reviews and was available close to home. It’s applied, bagged, and we will see tomorrow how it did. Also got my cam bearing tool today and I knocked out the old cam bearings. I have everything I need to finish the short block now. Waiting on springs and valves to do the heads.

Regarding painting the engine: I think you definitely want to kill that rust on the engine block. I use this spray on acid “osphor” that I get at my local hardware store. Just spray in on the surface and let it sit for several hours or overnight. Then I use a wire brush wheel to clean all of it off I can, then hand wire brush tight spaces, then I clean the surface with laquer thinner right before I put the paint on. I recently repainted my intake (while installed) like this and it came out nice- paint seems to be sticking well (I only used 500deg duplo rattle can for this- approx 3 coats.)