engine orange???
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Melting Slicks
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engine orange???
so yes, we all know that the engine are orange in our early cars and then later changed to blue. Why orange? When did they start with the orange and does it have any significance? Anyone have these answers? My mind is curious...
thank you in advance!
Sully
thank you in advance!
Sully
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Hi b,
I believe the first Chevy 265 V-8 engine, in 1955, was orange.
I think the 53-54, and few 55, Corvette, 6 cylinder engines were blue, and known as Blue-Flame 6s.
Regards,
Alan
I believe the first Chevy 265 V-8 engine, in 1955, was orange.
I think the 53-54, and few 55, Corvette, 6 cylinder engines were blue, and known as Blue-Flame 6s.
Regards,
Alan
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Melting Slicks
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yes Allan, i think you are correct, the early V6s in 53 and 54 were blue flame inline 6 cylinders. I didn't know if the 265 v8 in 1955 was orange or not. I'm just wondering why orange?
Sully
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Why not orange? The early Chevrolet V8s were red. This later changed to a red-orange, and subsequently changed to the generic Chevrolet Orange.
Other GM divisions used different colors. None of it made much difference to anyone until GM got tagged with a lawsuit filed by a GM new car owner who determined he had a Chevrolet engine in his new Buick/Ponitiac/Oldsmobile. At that point, GM switched to Corporate Blue for all automobile engines and started pasting the "Engine From Another Division" warnings on cars.
Other GM divisions used different colors. None of it made much difference to anyone until GM got tagged with a lawsuit filed by a GM new car owner who determined he had a Chevrolet engine in his new Buick/Ponitiac/Oldsmobile. At that point, GM switched to Corporate Blue for all automobile engines and started pasting the "Engine From Another Division" warnings on cars.
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I think that [almost] all of the Chevy V8's were reddish-orange and began with the 265 ci engine as Alan_71 suggested. If the formulation for that color was ever 'modified', it was minor. I don't ever recall seeing a 'red' Chevy V8 engine. Aftermarket spray paint manufacturers adopted the name for that color as "Chevy Engine Orange" as a simple way for owners to select the correct paint for engine work.
