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#67030 10/10/2006 4:47 PM | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 13 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 13 | I'm freshening up a 1950 GMC 248CI and was wondering what color paint to use on the various pieces to make it somewhat accurate? I believe the paint on the motor is original (medium blue over what looks to be some kind of silver primer?)The gen is silver, intake is silver with some blue flakes still present and the starter is black. Does this seem correct? Alex
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#67031 10/10/2006 7:15 PM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Welcome aboard alex.
From what I can find in my sources, you should have a 228, not a 248. The 248 didn't come out until '53. Also, it seems that most GMC engines from that era were either a bright red (similar to IH red) or an olive green. I'm thinking that the engine may have been changed or overhauled by a p/o. The generator should be black, and most intakes I've seen were either unpainted or were the same color as the engine block.
I don't think that GM ever used a primer on their engines, and the only silver engines I know of were mainly Chrysler, Hudson, and Nash.
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