55 on ebay engine color

[SherwoodK@xxxxxxx]

The 55 Imperial block should be silver. No 300 had a gold block.  But, for 
historical accuracy, late 1950 Chrysler products and into 1951 many blocks 
were painted grey. Why?  The silver color paint used at that time had a lot 
of aluminum in it and that was a Korean War necessity... so silver paint was 
not available

Sherwood Kahlenberg