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| | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19 | Ive got a 58 apache 3100 with the original engine in it and Im curious as to which is the correct engine color ? Ive been told grey but also the chevy blue/green is correct. Some help would be great right now. Also has anyone tried the POR15 Engine Paint kit? They have a chevy blue in there, how close does that look to the originals ? Thanks. POR15 Engine Paint Kit
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | depends which "original" engine, but likely gray for a standard 235 .... blue is passenger Bill | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | NewGuy...please do a search on engine colors/paint. It has literally been talked to death. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 19 | Thanks for the list there "squeeze", and yes it is a 235. I did do a few searches and came up empty handed on the 58-59 colors, found alot about 53-56 tho but I did not know if the colors were the same all the way up to 58. Also on my engine I can still see some teal color that has not worn off yet.. Was this an original color ? I googled some pictures and found several other 235 engines with the same color but I didnt know if that was factory or just a fad. Sorry for the dumb questions. Thanks for the help. I would be lost in my restore without this site..
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | with a 50+ year old truck it's unusual to find a totally unmolested engine, no telling whether it's been replaced or rebuilt or just repainted, and rebuilders prolly more commonly used the car blue then the truck gray, just like they commonly use orange for any Chev V8
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