1968 Engine painting - Items to be Ford Corporate Blue

[Ruppstang]

It is natural cast with a cadmium plated bolt.

 

[Mosesatm]

Painted the oil pan blue and reinstalling it.
What’s the best installation method to avoid front and rear leaks?

Is this an oil hole?

 

[Ruppstang]

I think it is a hole to stake the old-style oil seal in place. I would use one of the new one-piece gaskets. I put one on the HCS this Spring, very easy to do.