Got it thx, mine has greenish intake and blue valve covers, I guess when the PO changed it to a 4bbl he painted it a different shade
69 383 engine paint
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Got it thx, mine has greenish intake and blue valve covers, I guess when the PO changed it to a 4bbl he painted it a different shade
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Correct, intake is turquoise and your valve covers are blue. Should all be turquoise.
Fireflite56
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Phone cameras never capture the color correctly (and looks different on different screens) as is the case here...my '66 Fury engine together and back in the car.
Very true, and they overexpose everything as well. Yours looks nice, what did you paint it with?
Fireflite56
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I used the Hirsch '57-'58 Pontiac Turquoise (in person it looks more greenish, more correct, than on my screen), hardware store semi-gloss black, and I had the exhaust manifolds ceramic coated locally in "cast gray" color.
BK's 300
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Here are two of my "beauties"... The motor painting I referred to in the comments above is the 383 Satellite. I'll be doing the Chrysler next! Cleaned the motor with Purple Power then Eastwood 2-part primer and Hirsch paint ...came out well!
BK
BK
Would that be the same for 69?
Fireflite56
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It was the same turquoise, allowing for slight variations between plants/years/batches, until 1970 when they changed to the Chrysler Corporate Blue.
I just ordered some turquoise paint from Mancini (their brand). $14.33 a can when purchased as a six pack. Once it gets here, I post some pictures of an intake manifold I'm cleaning up and put some original turquoise valve covers side by side to compare.
Gerald Morris
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Ever get it? I'm curious myself. My can of thousand dollar paint is mighty low. DAMN VHT for stopping production of this excellent paint!
Gerald Morris
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Aside from Mancini's offering, I see this POR-15 stuff fr several sources. There's another
Chrysler Mist Turquoise K - B#1671
from an outfit called Everest Automotive Market: Homewhich looks damned close, but I don't SEE any reference to it as ENGINE ENAMEL! Sure would hate to have something so pretty blister and peel off after the first grocery run....
Hell, I'll pop $18 for Mancini's stuff, and if I like it, will get a case. I gotta build another engine. I've been running that good old 383 8 years now as my Family Car propeller, and I don't want to get caught by evil circumstance without a good strong engine again. Even if I use my 400, I want it in Old Turquoise because that's the kind of C-body (or maybe a B if I find one) I'll be running it in>
OK, I was dumb founded with my experiment and Mancini's Turquoise paint. Digging through my collection of valve covers, I found two different colors that appear to be factory painted! I never really looked at them that close until now. And no, this isn't the blue Chrysler paint as it's obviously blue. Looks like the Mancini paint matches close to the "bluer" of the two factory paints. Looks like to me, Chrysler changed the paint color slightly some where along the way, so who can say what is correct and what isn't?
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