Motor Color
Melting Slicks
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From: Moon Twp. PA USA
Originally Posted by cknorr28
Can anyone tell me what the original color of the motor is suppose to be in a 76 vette? Did they use chevy blue or chevy orange or both?
My stock engine, vin 29750 April 8 production, was orange.
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Instructor
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From: Windsor PA
Boy that scares me. Mine is blue and is suppose to be an original car. I checked the number's and everything matched, plus the guys I boufght it from never mentioned an engine rebuild.
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From: Forked River NJ
Originally Posted by 76project
My 76 L48 (whats left of the original paint) is orange.
Looks a little better now after some serious cleaning.
Kind of looks mostly rust colored but it really is orange...
Looks a little better now after some serious cleaning.
Kind of looks mostly rust colored but it really is orange...
Where are the after pictures
Melting Slicks
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From: Piedmont Va
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13,'19-'20
The corvette black book states the following for model year 1977:
"Between August 23 and September 7 1976, Flint Engine changed from Orange paint to blue for Corvette Engines. Thus, early 1977 models had orange engines, and later models had blue."
It states nothing about 1976 engine color, so one would assume that all 76 engines were orange. It does state however, that some 77 parts did sneak into late models 76 cars, mostly interior stuff. But you could probably extrapolate that remark to include a blue engine. The last build number for 76 was 46558, I would say would would have to be in the 46xxx range for this to have happened.
hope this helps.
"Between August 23 and September 7 1976, Flint Engine changed from Orange paint to blue for Corvette Engines. Thus, early 1977 models had orange engines, and later models had blue."
It states nothing about 1976 engine color, so one would assume that all 76 engines were orange. It does state however, that some 77 parts did sneak into late models 76 cars, mostly interior stuff. But you could probably extrapolate that remark to include a blue engine. The last build number for 76 was 46558, I would say would would have to be in the 46xxx range for this to have happened.
hope this helps.
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