CORRECT ENGINE COLOR ??
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Re: CORRECT ENGINE COLOR ?? (dman535)
Trivia! This all stems from a lawsuit against GM in the mid-1970s when a fellow bought a new Oldsmobile and found a Chevy Orange engine under the hood. It was a Chevy engine. GM was rationalizing (reducing) its engine choices amongst Divisions to cut costs. The complainant wanted an Oldsmobile engine!! I do not recall if he won the case but shortly thereafter all GM engines were painted a "corporate" colour to avoid confusion and that was blue :yesnod: .
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Re: CORRECT ENGINE COLOR ?? (danzig74c)
Danzig, Your engine should be Chevy Orange. Plasticoat Hi Temp. Chevy Orange is very, very close to the factory color.
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Re: CORRECT ENGINE COLOR ?? (Smokehouse69)
Very early in the '77 model run the color went to corporate Blue. However there are a few '77's that got the leftover Orange ones from the '76. This little tidbit of knowledge was garnered from my brother who helped install the new paint booth at Chevy V-8 Engine plant in Flint, MI during the '76-'77 model change shutdown in the summer of '76....... :seeya :flag
[Modified by tnt76vette, 8:13 PM 4/20/2002]
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