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03-16-2004, 04:29 PM | #1 |
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What year did Chevy change engine color form orange to blue?
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03-16-2004, 07:37 PM | #2 |
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it did? i thought all V8's were orange and all inlines were blue. could be wrong tho.
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03-16-2004, 07:47 PM | #3 |
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Sometime in the mid to late '70s I think. My 1980 350 4bolt main block was blue.
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I bought a new custom camper model in 66 with 327 and it was GREY. What color were 67 327's???? John
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03-16-2004, 09:46 PM | #5 |
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my 67 250 is orange and that's the original, from the factory color...
There's also an earlier 292 on an engine stand at a JY that's the same color.
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either 76-78 they changed to blue (it was 76, 77, or 78, but i cant remember excactly which one) then in 85 they went to black
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03-16-2004, 10:10 PM | #7 |
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The F**D products were blue....
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03-16-2004, 10:40 PM | #8 |
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Is this another test question?
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03-16-2004, 10:51 PM | #9 |
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1976
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03-16-2004, 10:57 PM | #10 |
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HAH! I knew mid to late '70s...
A buddy of mine is a real F**D nut. When he saw my engine recently he was giving me a hard time because the block was blue. He even went as far as to say it was a ford engine. I told him that's impossible because it's not in backwards (distributor is actually where it's supposed to be). That shut him up.
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03-16-2004, 11:07 PM | #11 |
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my brothers 79 elcamino was blue at one point but you cant tell it,but he got a new motor and it is black
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from what i've seen the change to blue was in 1977.
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03-17-2004, 12:24 AM | #13 |
its all about the +6 inches
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I was under the impression it was 76.
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03-17-2004, 01:19 AM | #14 |
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'84 was black
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Not sure about the blue, but my '82 305 was black.
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03-17-2004, 02:37 AM | #17 |
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I have owned two 76 Vettes with original engines. Both of them were orange.
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I think 1978 is when they were painted blue.
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03-17-2004, 03:10 AM | #19 |
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I had a 1977 that came with the engine painted blue.
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03-17-2004, 03:33 AM | #20 |
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mine was pink ??? what year was that ? lol j/k
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03-17-2004, 09:25 AM | #21 |
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I bought a new 1977 Monte Carlo, the motor was blue.
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Our '77 Chevy farm pickup's engine came in blue.
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03-17-2004, 10:41 AM | #23 |
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hmmm my 82, 350 was blue
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03-17-2004, 12:51 PM | #24 |
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when my dad got our '79 bel air with a L-6 it was blue
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They were all orange except those mid-70's smog motors couldn't breathe so they turned blue.:p
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