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Can't recall the details, but in the early 70s someone bought a new Buick or Pontiac or Oldsmobile and discovered it had a Chevrolet engine in it. Still a GM engine, but the new owner sued. Beginning in the fall of 77, GM changed the color of its engines to corporate blue and added a disclaimer to all new vehicles to the effect that the engine could be from any division of GM.
FWIW: the 82 Crossfire blocks might be black.
FWIW: the 82 Crossfire blocks might be black.
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i must be old because since you said that i now remember that. i remember seeing that on tv. a looooooong time ago
the original crossfire motor i pulled out my 82 was blue. i heard some of them had black. must of been late 82s
the original crossfire motor i pulled out my 82 was blue. i heard some of them had black. must of been late 82s
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Well, if you remembered it, and I knew about it, how old does that make me?
Could just be me. I would go with the blue you found. The 84 X-fires were black. I am perfectly capable of confusticating the two.
...the original crossfire motor i pulled out my 82 was blue. i heard some of them had black. must of been late 82s...
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I had a 68 Buick Skylark convertible and the engine was red-orange.
I think my 66 skylark was blue. It had the aluminum block 300 cu.
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Had a 300 nailhead; it was a light turquoise blue. Both 72 Skylarks I've had were red.BTW, early 60's Cadillacs were a very dark blue....and I think they stayed a shade of blue for many years after.
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tobyte1....
That paint color may say "Vermillion" on the can; but once it's on a Chevy V8....it's "Chevy Engine Orange".
P.S. Isn't 'vermillion' more of a true red? I didn't think it had much of an orange tinge to it.
That paint color may say "Vermillion" on the can; but once it's on a Chevy V8....it's "Chevy Engine Orange".
P.S. Isn't 'vermillion' more of a true red? I didn't think it had much of an orange tinge to it.
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