340 engine color
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What was the factory color on my 69 340?
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Re: 340 engine color
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Thx JRepucci,that helped I thought turquoise but now I quess it's blue my car was built 709 July 9th,not sure when production stopped @ Hamtramck but it's not long after that.Anybody got a brand/code I should use.thx
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Re: 340 engine color
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oem6pak, it's all good...All 3 of us are friends and 340 owners/fans/historians. Over the years we have discussed this subject many times, usually when one of us finds something odd or out of the "norm" to report. The VAST majority of 69 340's were painted turquoise (something I'm sure we all agree on). However a few documented exceptions, and some undocumented exceptions, have been found. Most attribute these exceptions to model year change overs where the engine paint changed colors, etc. If you don't know what your engines original color is go with Turquoise, it's a pretty safe bet that it was that color originally.
.02 709 SPD.... paint it blue
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Re: 340 engine color
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Blue it is,but I'm gonna save this conversation for when someone says hey moron ur engine ain't the right color.
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Re: 340 engine color
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Blue it is,but I'm gonna save this conversation for when someone says hey moron ur engine ain't the right color. Which you will get everywhere you take it, especially Ferd guys... Why don't you know what color the engine was originally?
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Re: 340 engine color
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709,when did production end for 69?
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Re: 340 engine color
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I don't think so it's currently at the machine shop being rebuilt
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