engine colors

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

For the Imperial from 59-61, the engine is black with a gold air cleaner. Starting in 62, the engine is Chrysler Tourquise with a black air cleaner.

John

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From: W Bell

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Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 10:26 AM

Subject: IML: engine colors

There is a chart in the Mopar Performance catalogs, but it relates mostly to the later 1960s cars when Turquoise was the basic engine color for the B/RB motors.  As I recall, the wideblock 318s were med-dark red, the Chrysler Blue came into the mix in the later times after Turquoise, about the same time that Hemi Orange was added to some of the HP motors.

 

Back in the "Golden Lion" engine nomenclature, seems like the engine color might have been gold.

 

For the air cleaners, I suspect that black would be operative.  The best match I've found for that paint is, sorry about the source, GM Glossy Black Engine paint, part number 12346297 or replacing numbers thereof.  It was a dead-on match for the air cleaner paint on my '67 Chrysler plus anything else under there that's black. The "glossy" part in the name is not entirely accurate as it's a satiny gloss black instead of a highly shiney black paint.  Air cleaner, a/c hard lines, brackets--it works in all of those places.  For the a/c lines, I gently sprayed in into a glass bottle and then used a camel hair hobby brush to apply it to the a/c lines (after wiping them down with brake cleaner and B-12).  It took a few applications, but it looked good PLUS no disassembly.

 

Might there be any information on the www.ForwardLook.com website?

 

Enjoy!

W Bell