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Old 04-22-2017, 10:51 PM   #33
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Re: Is Chevy engine paint color the same as Hugger Orange?

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Originally Posted by El Dorado Jim View Post
not sure when they went to the red/orange, but I love the old chevy orange , guess It just grew on me, I was helping my dad and my uncle on these engines since I was about 10 years old, that would be 1968...I was the parts washer....and would watch them install engines in all sorts of cool cars....57 chevy's 65 Impala ss . etc....my uncle would buy them , and flip them,,,I learned quite a bit from watching..
Ha, funny you should mention it that way - my first car was a 57 and it had a 68 327 in it... Cue twilight zone music. Anyhoo - I actually prefer the ORANGE orange too - just curious when (or IF) a changeover was ever made to red-orange.
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