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1978 Engine color... blue?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Quincy IL
1978 Engine color... blue?
I went out to eat with some friends last night and after dinner they were showing me pictures of a '78 he used to own. The hood open picture showed a blue engine... Is this correct? I didn't think they engine color change until they were being built in Bowling Green... maybe I'm wrong. Thoughts? ?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Quincy IL
Safety Car
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From: Kalamazoo Mi
i repainted my block corporate blue before i rebuilt the engine, it was black from the grease, when i cleaned it off it was blue. At first i thought the car had a Pontiac block in it haha. but after a check i found out it was right
as you can tell keeping it stock was extremely important to me.
as you can tell keeping it stock was extremely important to me.
Team Owner
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From: Crossville TN
The blue engine had nothing to do with unleaded gas. It was a big "thing" in GM at the time to re-make its image. All the plants had to go to blue paint schemes. That kind of thinking led to the start of GM's demise.
Safety Car
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From: Beecher Illinois
I remember pretty well back to 76/77.
My parent's neighbor was showing off his brand new Oldsmobile and was a bit curious about the orange motor. Unfortunately I was the one to tell him it was a Chevy motor.
He was a bit pizzed!
Apparently so were a lot of other Olds buyers.
Shortly after GM went with the corporate blue for all their motors.
My parent's neighbor was showing off his brand new Oldsmobile and was a bit curious about the orange motor. Unfortunately I was the one to tell him it was a Chevy motor.
He was a bit pizzed!
Apparently so were a lot of other Olds buyers.
Shortly after GM went with the corporate blue for all their motors.
Racer
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From: Northwest CT
I remember pretty well back to 76/77.
My parent's neighbor was showing off his brand new Oldsmobile and was a bit curious about the orange motor. Unfortunately I was the one to tell him it was a Chevy motor.
He was a bit pizzed!
Apparently so were a lot of other Olds buyers.
Shortly after GM went with the corporate blue for all their motors.
My parent's neighbor was showing off his brand new Oldsmobile and was a bit curious about the orange motor. Unfortunately I was the one to tell him it was a Chevy motor.
He was a bit pizzed!
Apparently so were a lot of other Olds buyers.
Shortly after GM went with the corporate blue for all their motors.
Burning Brakes
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From: San Diego California
i repainted my block corporate blue before i rebuilt the engine, it was black from the grease, when i cleaned it off it was blue. At first i thought the car had a Pontiac block in it haha. but after a check i found out it was right
as you can tell keeping it stock was extremely important to me.
as you can tell keeping it stock was extremely important to me.
Pro
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 505
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From: Houston Tx.
I remember pretty well back to 76/77.
My parent's neighbor was showing off his brand new Oldsmobile and was a bit curious about the orange motor. Unfortunately I was the one to tell him it was a Chevy motor.
He was a bit pizzed!
Apparently so were a lot of other Olds buyers.
Shortly after GM went with the corporate blue for all their motors.
My parent's neighbor was showing off his brand new Oldsmobile and was a bit curious about the orange motor. Unfortunately I was the one to tell him it was a Chevy motor.
He was a bit pizzed!
Apparently so were a lot of other Olds buyers.
Shortly after GM went with the corporate blue for all their motors.
