So I have to paint the engine for my '67 Satellite. Its a 440 and I'm going for a day 2 look with the car. What do you guys think?

The car is YY1 light tan poly, Cragar S/S all around, 28 inch tall bias ply on the front, J60s or L60s out back, chrome valve covers and air cleaner, cal custom wingnut, WHITE headers, Holley 850 DP, Edelbrock TM7 intake, Sun Super Tach on the dash, Sun blue line oil and temp gauges on the column when I find a set that work, 4 speed, vintage stickers in the trunk, possibly an SS scoop.

Should I go orange or turquoise? I personally think that the orange looks tougher but feel like it should be turquoise. The turquoise paint is hard to find in an ACCURATE color. And if it were day 2 this would have been a swapped deal with the 440 anyway, so what says the experts and guys who were around during day 2?

Orange or turquoise? single choice
	Turquoise
	Orange
	Corporate "Emissions" Blue
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I simply voted Turquoise even though my engines have all been Orange...If you are undecided, then you have options. There aren't many people who paint their engines anything besides orange or black. Orange just happens to be my favorite color..thats all

Is it day 2 or YEAR 2 ? orange engines , except the hemi , didn't show till the 69 model year .

The Max-Wedge & HEMI were the only engines that were "Race HEMI Orange" thru 1968.
& I'm not sure any J60 or L60 tires were on the scene for a "day two" 1967 car.

Your choice is what works for you, Matt. As John knows, we pulled the Corp Blue 318 from my B5 '72 Satellite and replaced it with a Street Hemi Orange 440, topped off with a black ('70-71) dual snorkel air cleaner.

Looks good to me.

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I called TotallyAutoInc for the turquoise paint for my '67 Satellite and '65 Satellite engines, I am very happy with it. Even when I had to get another batch for touching up scratches, their color mix came out perfect.

I thought they were turquoise that year. But who cares make it what ever color you like best. Both turquoise and orange look good to me. Ron

I like to keep the engine colors like stock so I voted for the turquoise Most of the race motors I build for me are whatever color I have the most of in the shop, usually black. My 1969 dart GTS will have the proper color whne the original motor goes back into, now it is Street Hemi Orange Your car, your choice

'but feel like it should be turquoise.'


You answered your own question...

Whatever color you decidde, make sure you paint your engine bay black for the correct look!

You could paint it red and tell everyone it's a Canadian car.

Kevin

Mopar's rattle can turquoise is a pretty darn close match. After all, they came up with the original. Coverage is decent too. Much better than their orange.