Heads are primed

The heads cleaned up well. Some time with paint stripper (being carefull not to get any inside the valve cover area) and wire brushing was worth the effort.



Also notice that because the heads are of the 1972 vintage they have a '72' cast into the number 1 cylinder exhaust port. This is highly visable when you open the hood. So I removed it. Afterwards I had to 'texture' the metal so it looked more original as grinding the numbers off made it really smooth.






Taped up




And primed






Next step - Spray with Buick Red high heat paint
But I may wait until the motor as a whole is assembled as thats the way it was done from the factory.