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what is the stock engine color for a 72
i just got a 1972 cheyene and the engine had been rebuilt about 14,000 miles ago ( 383 stroker ). i want the truck to appear as stock as possible. the p/o painted the engine black. is this stock or is chevy orange stock ? he installed a hi-volume ,hi-pressure oil pump in the engine and i am going to pull the engine to install a deep sump (7 qt ) oil pan then would be a great time to paint the engine, install the oi pan & pickup , also do the vette ram horn manifold swap, mini starter swap along with the edelbrock 2101 intake swap along with edelbrock valve covers ( old school ). please tell me its orange to be correct.
bob in tn.
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
I’m pretty sure it’s orange.
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
Orange.
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
when did they change from red to orange? I have a '69 307 that is red
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
my guess would be orange
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as far as i know chevy only used red for a very short time in 1955 they stoped using red and switched to orange when ford came out with thunderbird red on thier performance motors
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
Blue on a GMC.
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
What??? Say it ain't so... orange looks OK w/dark olive, but blue is going to look like crap. Guess I have to put a chevy front end on it. J
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
Orange... my rebuilt 350 got painted blue
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
we have done some resto's on these pu's and my research has shown that on the 1971 and 72 pickups, the engine is RED.... ppg ditzler paint code is 71881, that is the factory color. the 71-72 GMC's were alpine green with ppg paint code of 44357.
i actually believe that the chevrolet orange was stopped in 1968-9 and the chevy blue was started sometime around 75, if memory serves me. most likely not.. i do have this somewhere at home on the actual dates. would have to find. but for 72 it was definately red with above paint code. hope thats what your looking for. i really didnt care about paint on engine when i rebuilt my engines for my trucks, my 67 is chevy orange which looks super with my ceramic coated headers and i used unpolished performer rpm edelbrock carb and black crinkle chevrolet dress up kit.( i can post ya a pic if you want to see it.. ![]()
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![]() That's why it's a man space, we don't have to worry about color, except engine color, this thread could go on for 4-5 pages by the time all the discussions get ironed out... eshew, obsfusication J.
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
black will do the heat thing but it looks terrible especially after a couple months. orange for me..... i might paint the bottom of my new intake white though or have it powder coated white.
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
I’ve got a 71 GMC and it’s orange. Did they switch to blue in 72?
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
My bone stock 72 is orange, my grandfather's 72 is orange.
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
I don't know who this truck belongs to but did an original restoration and that is why I saved the pics. It also shows accessory colors.
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
Your 383 isnt stock or origional so really you can have any color you want. I know you did say stock appearing, so I would go with orange. Its what most people are used to seeing. I like either orange or black myself. Black hides small oil leaks better on daily drivers but you cant go wrong with orange...
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
who wants to hide oil leaks anyway? i want them to stick out like a sore dink so they either get resealed ar kept clean. if it ain't orange it ain't $hit
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
My original 72 engine was blueish green before I painted it and it was original.
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
Must be a Canadian thing, eh...
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