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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
ok i said my memory was shot.
![]() these are correct engine colors for chevy 1982-up engines are black. 1977-1982 were GM corporate blue PPG part# 15159 1956-1977 were Chev ORANGE PPG part# 60339 (changed between Aug 23 & Sept 7,1976 to blue. there you have it. i had to dig back thru some old notes to find these, but i also found that my notes said it came from: Autocolorlibrary.com... Now this post can be put to rest.... ![]()
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
My original 1972 Chevy 307 was orange.
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
And my red 307 is in a GMC ----- mystery solved!
Or maybe red paint denotes a "high nickel content block" or something cool like that -- just kidding |
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
somebody told me that the black paint does not show an oil leak but ORANGE does
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
your not supposed to have oil leaks !!!!!!!!!
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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
looks terrible, nothing to me looks worse then looking under the hood of some georgious ride and its has a bright orange powerplant. it just erks me. since i was little going to carshows an being around older cars ive always hated that orange...ehhh.. mines black , great contrast with any chrome or aluinium parts that bolt onto it. just my 2cents. good luck. w.
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
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When I see an orange powerplant, I just think there sits a proper Chevy engine! ![]()
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Re: what is the stock engine color for a 72
The L6 292 was originally Alpine Green when it first came out with the '63 model year. I think 250s + 230s were light blue. In '67 all L6s were produced with Chevy Engine Orange, just like the V8s. My original engine in my '68 C/10 stepside was Chevy Engine Orange, a darker, redder color than the RPO516 "Omaha Orange" the body was painted. I prefer the Chevy Engine Orange for engines, myself.
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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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