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engine color question
when did chevy switch from chevy red to chevy blue for their engine blocks?
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my 82 is blue....or should i say was, as of at this point the only thing left of the original engine is the intake.
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my 77 was and is blue
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Good question. The engine in my 77 is blue, but I gotta wonder as the block is a 1969. But blue is good it matches the truck.
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My 77 is Chevy orange, but I know it isn't "correct". That's ok, because it still looks cool. What is color is Chevy red? Do you mean orange?
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i do mean orange. for some reason they call it red or i thought they did anyway.
![]() my 77 is blue too, but I had noticed a lot of people with engines both newer and older had the orange.
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mine is black
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Mine was left unpainted.
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I think in mid 80's they changed from blue to black but on orange I want to say ealry 70's.
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the engines were orange until like 1977 b/c my dad used to have a 77 longbed and his engine was blue and my uncle who had a 76 the engine in his was orange.i used to have a 78 that came with a blue engine but when i rebuilt it i painted it orange b/c i cant gm blue.chevy orange looks much cooler in my opinion.my 74 now has a black engine b/c its a goodwrench 350
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thats it! 76 IS the last year for ORANGE then .
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ok, well that makes sense then
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Not that I'm sure anybody really cares about this, but 1982 6.2L diesels were painted red (not orange), and 83- to present models are painted black.
That's one real easy way to tell if you have an early model or not. If you got a red 6.2L, it's an '82. Just thought I'd throw that in!
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Casey, there is a post floating around here about diesel convertion.. they were dogging the gm diesels...... i mentioned you. might check around and add your $0.02
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