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07-10-2025, 10:16 AM
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WHYBYNU when old will do
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Adding a splash of color.
After 2+ years I decided it was time to go back to Chevy orange. Don't get me wrong I loved the all black. But it's hard to beat chevy orange. Tell me want you think.
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07-10-2025, 10:17 AM
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WHYBYNU when old will do
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
Well bottom pic flipped for some reason lol
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07-10-2025, 10:20 AM
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WHYBYNU when old will do
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
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07-10-2025, 04:23 PM
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
I like it either way....
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07-10-2025, 04:46 PM
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
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Pops more for sure...I like. flip fa ya... -Kevin
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07-10-2025, 05:51 PM
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WHYBYNU when old will do
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
Thanks Kevin
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07-10-2025, 08:29 PM
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
Both look good to me.
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07-10-2025, 11:47 PM
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
Looks better, nice.
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Tony 1971 C10 Custom Deluxe SWB 402/400TH A/C I developed an assembly information kit for restoring my truck from nuts and bolts. It's written in Assy. order, short & simple, packed with all OEM hardware ID; castings; part ID; 100s of part numbers; wiring simple - Resource, and trivial too. Much info. applies to all 67-72 GM, A/C vehicles, esp. trucks W/O saying. Full search ability, including to 700+ images of illus., parts, charts, Assy., points of interest, cab, bed, & front clip cart plans- Specials and cores were serviced out and R excluded e.g. front/rear glass, body/paint, engine core, rebuilt hinges, steering box, trans, etc. The project was in-line with long former professions developing process, policy, specs, demo, written for novices, admin., policy, engineers, development, systems & test - Public & govt 2, gross. Sell soft copy cheaply, PM if interested.Build thread:https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 |
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07-11-2025, 12:08 AM
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
Sharp!
My 72’ is Hugger Orange so your new splash of color gets my vote. 
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07-11-2025, 02:39 AM
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
I like Chevy Engine Orange engines.
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Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. |
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07-11-2025, 07:24 AM
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
Nice contrast with the dark green.
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07-11-2025, 08:42 PM
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
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I have a 1963 292 core, I may rebuild for my 1967 K/10 Suburban. The block is still green. If I do rebuild it for the [white] Sub, I will repaint it Detroit Diesel Green.
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07-12-2025, 08:40 AM
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
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07-12-2025, 06:46 PM
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
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So it still has 5000 to go. It was the block that was in the truck when I bought it in 1973. In 1977, I built up a junkyard L25 block, '67 -- F0606UH, and ran that 25 years [250,000 miles]. And I put the XAE parts up in some Avionics crates I stole from the shop. When I opened up that stuff in 2002 -- 25 years later -- they were still shiny, like Tutanhkamen's gold sarcophagus. That leant a whole ''Mummy'' theme to that build. Naturally it was going to be in Chevy Engine Orange. A redder shade than the Stepside's exterior 516 Orange. In 2002, it was blowing blue smoke on accelerating, running on 4 cylinders and eating a quart of SAE 50 weight every 1000 miles, so I started rebuilding XAE.[A very rare and untraceable stamp number. Not on anybody's charts. Possibly a Dealer Warranty replacement engine. IDK.] If I rebuild the '67 block, it's already run 250K at .030-over, I may open it up to .060-over. That's 301 CI or 5 Liter. The 1963 core is one I picked up extra from a guy at Checker Auto for $100. Block stamped F0111UH -- from memory. Besides being Green, not Orange, the '63 292s had a six-lobed crank, not the 12 lobes that evolved by '68. While 12 lobes are better balanced, the six lobes could be shaved to knife thru the oilpan sump oilbath better -- less resistance. Old HotRodders' trick. 
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Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. Last edited by '68OrangeSunshine; 07-12-2025 at 07:04 PM. |
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07-12-2025, 09:09 PM
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Re: Adding a splash of color.
Good stuff! - thanks for the history! I only had one straight 6...a 194 in a '64 Chevy II 2-door hardtop. That thing would knock and make noise, letting me know it was time for another couple o' quarts. I couldn't kill it.
My brother and I inherited our dad's '56 210 2-door with a 235 with a 'slip & slide'. He would NOT let us drop a 327 & T10 in it - wanted to keep it stock, so that's how it sits today.
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