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Oil pan, 65 289 good source for new pan?

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Lemondrop

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I'm sticking the 289 I had in my former fox body car and have to swap to a 65 front sump pan. I have my 260 with the correct pan but I'm not pulling it off and leaving the guts open on the 260 so I must buy a pan. Kicker is I has tons of them I scrapped back in the 90's :( Good source for a new pan? I checked summit but their cheaper pan is zinc plated and I don't want to deal with paint flaking so I'd rather get a straight up steel pan. Heck I'd be open to getting a used one but cleaning/blasting/all that seems like more work than a repop pan.
 
I've got one sitting in my garage. make me an offer. It is stock and dirty. Otherwise in great shape. I'll even clean the grease adn dirt off it before I ship it.

It cam off the 289 in our 67, but it is the same pan I have on my 65.

Mel
 
The original oil pans where made by Modern Tool & Die (MTD - Now owned by Shiloh Industries) here in Cleveland, OH about 2 miles from the Cleveland Engine Plant... a member of my car club just retired from their engineering department... they still make them, I'll ask him what vendors they sell too in the event that you want a new one. He got me one a few years ago, the 1960's vintage ones have been replaced by a 1970 part #, the drain plug is in a slightly different location but otherwise identical to the one that came on the 1968 motor in my 66 coupe.
 
I bought a new pan from NPD (I think) when I restored Midlife, and it was metal, painted blue. I just had to scuff it up a bit for the paint I applied to the entire engine, as I didn't want slight differences of colors. Now my pan was for a 289/302...will it fit a 260? According to NPD it will, and it's only $37.
 
I have a 8 quart moroso pan that is new but it is painted the same color as my car.I believe I have the moroso box it came in. Can post picture if you want.
 
"Midlife" said:
I bought a new pan from NPD (I think) when I restored Midlife, and it was metal, painted blue. I just had to scuff it up a bit for the paint I applied to the entire engine, as I didn't want slight differences of colors. Now my pan was for a 289/302...will it fit a 260? According to NPD it will, and it's only $37.
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It is $48 and change shipped, and one is on the way. Thanks. I'll be painting it black but did not want to deal with sandblasting and crap to make a old pan OK. I've got enough work to make the engine block OK. I got to find a duraspark box......I have one somewhere but it is missing for now. To run the engine, I gotta find one :char
 
The best replacement oil pan I could find was a Spectra Premium from Oriellys. It is well made and fits nicely. It comes powder coated black.
 
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