Getting reading to repaint the torsion bars. After degreasing them I made two observations.
#1) It appears the last time they were painted, the paint ran down to the bottom of the bar (gravity) because the paint is not smooth on the side that faces the ground. This could have been a factory finish for all I know.
#2) I thought there was some left over blue masking tape on the driver's side torsion bar from when the underbody was painted (white). However, I can't scrape it off with my fingernail and it appears to have been painted on there.
I got out my dial micrometer and measure .878" so I must have the ABody V-8 four-barrel torsion bar. According to the chart below, the .87" bar is marked "blue". I guess that is what I was seeing.
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