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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 12:21 PM
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Hello every body i would like to know what is the true engine color for corvette, i think it's orange but on my engine we can see a old blue paint, it'ss noarmaly?
Or my engine was repaint? but i's a some track of paint(painting) blue
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 12:48 PM
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Please don't make us guess the year of your car. If it's earlier than '77 or so, it should be orange. If it's after that it's blue.
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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Between the end of August and first week of September, 1976, the Flint engine assembly plant changed from Chevrolet Orange to GM Corporate blue engine paint.

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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Ward
Please don't make us guess the year of your car. If it's earlier than '77 or so, it should be orange. If it's after that it's blue.
If its the one in the pic with the fastback.....
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 01:46 PM
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81 pilot it's exactly that my vette was built at the end of the year 1977 so it was blue!
But the intake manifold was blue too? or aluminium color?
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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81 pilot it's exactly that my vette was built at the end of the year 1977 so it was blue!
But the intake manifold was blue too? or aluminium color?
Thank you very much
If Im not mistaken they were talking about model years, I am often mistaken though. LOL Took me a minute but I know there is a car in that pic somewhere!!
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by corvette593
...But the intake manifold was blue too? or aluminium color?...
Blue for the L-48; probably aluminum for the L-82.

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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 04:34 PM
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Hello
78 and 79 base engines have a cast iron intake
78 and 79 L82 have an aluminium intake
I think yours is a L82
cast iron are painted engine color ---> blue
aluminium are painted dull silver !!
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 03:45 AM
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Thank you very much Le loup!
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 10:38 AM
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Hi corvette593,
If you where to go into your public profile and list a little information about your car and or the area as to where your located, that can help out on answering your questions better. Hope this will help you out in the future.
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 04:24 AM
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It's ready you can show my vette in my album!!!
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I'm not sure about 1977, but my 1980 vette engine was originally painted blue and the aluminum intake was also originally painted blue. Now they are red, which goes real nice with silver
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 08:16 AM
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I have never gotten used to seeing a blue engine in a Corvette . Blue engines [except for the original 6-banger] are meant to be in Pontiacs! Chevy engines should be "Chevy Engine Orange". What were they thinking? [Oh, that's right...this was GM in the late 70's. They were "out to lunch".]
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