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| | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 86 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 86 | Getting ready to finish my 1951 1/2 ton engine overhaul.
Where is a good place to get the correct Chevy gray motor paint??
Mike
1951 Chevy 1/2 ton w/ 1959 235
1971 Chevelle
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 | Chevs of the 40's or The Filling Station. Don't use the Bill Hirsch stuff, it's too light.
Bob | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 | Man I am doing the same thing. But my machinest decided to help me out and painted it before I picked it up. He was so proud of his sky blue paint job, I didn't have the heart to tell him it needed to be more gray than blue. A gallon of paint thinner and 3 hours of wiping and I am down to the metal again.
I bought my paint from the filling station.
I didn't do it, no one saw me do it, you can't prove anything! "Bart Simpson"
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 127 | I'm trying to find the CORRECT engine paint color so I don't have to paint it over again... Is this the page I need? http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb.dll?parta~partsort
I thought the engines of the 52's were a light gray.. were they dark gray?
1952 Chevy 5 Window Restoration
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | The 1951 and 1952 engine color was supposedly blue-gray. Several vendors sell paint that they say matches the original. Jim Carter\'s is gray. Classic Truck Parts (Chevy Duty) color is a light blue. Search this forum on "engine paint" or "engine color" and you we find a lot of disagreement and strongly held opinions. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 127 | That's what I was afraid of. I'll probably just buy the one from Jim Carter.. I searched the forum and read some pretty strong opinions and different links to sites saying different things. I guess it boils down to preferences... thanks
1952 Chevy 5 Window Restoration
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 700 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 700 | Blake,
If anyone asks just tell them that it is the original Chevy '51 grey color. Who's to say it's not?
My 1941 in the Stovebolt Gallery
My Photo AlbumBut I tried, didn't I? ... At least I did that. RP McMurphy
The past belongs to the future...but only the present can preserve it.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 700 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 700 | Finally got around to spraying the engine with Jim Carter\'s Chevy Grey Paint
My 1941 in the Stovebolt Gallery
My Photo AlbumBut I tried, didn't I? ... At least I did that. RP McMurphy
The past belongs to the future...but only the present can preserve it.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Now, that could durn near be considered WHITE compared to the Original Gray that I got from Chevy's of the 40's. The Gray that they sent me was very, dark, charcoal Gray, looks black unless your out in the bright sunlight.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 700 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 700 | Denny - You do know of course that "my" grey is the Original Chevy Grey  Nevertheless, I would like to see what your poor substitute looks like. Do you have a pic? 
My 1941 in the Stovebolt Gallery
My Photo AlbumBut I tried, didn't I? ... At least I did that. RP McMurphy
The past belongs to the future...but only the present can preserve it.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1 | Doe anyone know the correct green paint for a '57 Thriftmaster 235 engine? Part number and source, if possible too? Did this engine have any decals?
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Bryan | | |
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