Let me sum up my thoughts this way:
I remember that song!
Coming along nicely! If it was mine, I would paint all the stuff that’s visible through the grille (radiator support and radiator) semi-gloss black.
My wife likes the silvery color of the new radiator, and it compliments some of the interior of the engine compartment, so it will stay as-is for now.
I removed a lot of parts from the front of the engine, including the radiator, so I can paint some areas and refresh them. The engine block needs some fresh paint, and I am also powdercoating some of the parts to give them a fresh look.
The upper block radiator pipe before and after powdercoating, along with the heater hose fitting. Bonus points to anyone who can identify the third part I powdercoated. 
Cheapo Lug Wrench?
Robert, I don’t know if you realize what vintage Porsche 914 spark plug wrenches go for these days, but NADA! But nice try! 
Today I enjoyed powdercoating some more parts, cleaning up the engine bay some more, and painting the water pump housing. I also put on the exit pipe for the upper radiator hose and the heater fastener.
More paint and powdercoating. Let’s take this crusty looking alternator and make it look purdy.
Step 1. Remove components.
Step 2. Clean components thoroughly.
Step 3. Apply paint.
Step 4. Apply powdercoat.
Step 5. Re-assemble.
Very nice sweet ride!! Looks like a great project.
Thank you sir! I received the blue engine block paint from Eastwood over the weekend. I need to freshen it up before I put the front of the car back together.
I haven’t been hibernating, just have several projects being done in parallel which takes away from the car project. Plus I was no longer able to log onto CCC with IE8, so I have switched to Google Chrome recently.
I wasn’t happy with the two-tone blue paint on the engine and heads, so I decided to spruce the front of the motor up a bit using Eastwood’s “Old Ford Blue” and their urethane activator. I started by removing all rust spots and sanding the original paint down a bit to smooth the surface for the next paint layers. I used a brush for the application and applied it in two coats. I kept a couple drop lamps on the paint overnight and it had set up nicely the next morning. I was pretty pleased with the results, and will hopefully put the engine compartment components back in this week.
Looks great! Jay and I still can’t find the issue with IE8 although you really are doing your self a favor by using a more secure browser. I still think that there was some component of and even earlier version of IE that was still on your computer that was making our server think you were on one of the obsolete versions of IE. Anyway, glad you are back!
Well, it was time for a browser upgrade that’s for sure.
Well that Eastwood paint is fairly tough with the catalyst added. I had a few drips and some over-brushed areas to clean up. It would have been so much easier had I just cleaned them up before the paint dried! 
I managed to start to put parts back on. I am not happy with a couple of powdercoated parts, like the PS bracket and pulley, but will probably not re-finish them right now. I also need to clean up the wiring, but the engine bay is looking waaaay better than it did when I started on it.
Today was devoted to cleaning up the shop and then car assembly. Here are the results.
Here is what the engine bay looked like when I brought the car home. It is coming along nicely.
Looks great Ken but I have to be honest, I do not dig the fan clutch and PS pump housing being Ford blue. Fan clutch should be natural aluminum (silver) and the pump housing either a special teal color paint (more likely IMO) or black (which I think is '70 onward but black may be okay in '69 as well). I know you are doing a restomod as is Isabel, but I have followed a lot of concours correctness on her as well. It is of course your call but I had to say what I think!
Regards,
Robert
P.S. What shade of Ford Blue are you using? Looks a little light to me. I like and use Plastikote 224 as it is the closest to correct (very close) at least in '69. Please don’t hate me for these comments!
Robert, this is Isabel’s sister, not her identical twin! 
Actually, as you can see, the PO had painted the P.S. reservoir and fan clutch housing blue, so I just kept them blue, for now. The paint I used was Eastwood’s “Old Ford Blue” color, with their urethane activator (catalyst). The car originally had a darker blue on the block, and a lighter blue on the heads, which looked awkward. Maybe down the road I will change the colors but for now I am ready to move on to the right rear of the car. I will make a note of what you say and consider it more once I complete stage 1, which is to get the car road-worthy and looking as decent as I can without stripping it completely down to ground zero.
Yesterday I removed the passenger’s side rear tire to look at things behind it. Here is what it looked like:
It took a BIG breaker bar to bust loose the two bolts holding the caliper on.
I removed the rusty brake disc, and was ready to try this Eastwood Fast Etch rust remover, which they show on the container how it performs on rusty discs.
I admit, I had my doubts as to how effective the Fast Etch would be. I have spent plenty of time with other rust removers, wire brushes on drills etc. I poured the Fast Etch into a clean oil drain container and dropped the disc in about a 1/2" deep.
After five minutes I began to see a lot of the rust coming off.
I’m not sure how long this was, maybe 30 minutes or so.
After no longer than 45 minutes, and only using a soft bristle brush, this is the result. Amazing!
The other side that was down, had all the rust removed except where it was against the plastic drain pan.
The final result with a little more time spent with only a brush. Man, this stuff really works!!
In conclusion, I wish I had tried Fast Etch before!
The flash always makes your paint look lighter than it is. One of those pics shows it darker and I think there was no flash when you took that one.
As of the eastwood rust remover, that stuff looks like it works great. I’ll buy some of that for sure.
Your work is coming along nicely, engine bay is looking real good!
Rust remover that actually works? Blasphemy! I am sold!
I have no affiliation with Eastwood, and I would be skeptical myself, but the pictures don’t lie. This is some good sh!t, and a lot easier than the other rust removal techniques I have used previously, which work, but are far more labor intensive. It was kinda cool to sit there with a beer in my hand watching the rust wash away.
“It was kinda cool to sit there with a beer in my hand watching the rust wash away.”
What I really need is a lot more things where I can sit and drink a beer and watch things fix themselves.