Close-up of a blue Ford V8 block casting pad above the oil pan r…

Close-up of the lower side of a Ford-blue painted V8 engine block, showing a bare machined pad with raised casting numbers and a bolted-on plate above the oil pan rail. The blue oil pan and its perimeter bolts run across the lower half of the frame, with the front snout and a fitting visible at left.

AI caption January 2009 · Photo 167 of 486