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early engine colors? #760048 07/28/10 11:02 AM 07/28/10 11:02 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 169 arizona V VPrace OP member
VPrace OP member V Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 169 arizona	can somebody tell me what color a 61 truck 318 was originaly?

Re: early engine colors? [Re: VPrace] #760049 07/28/10 11:53 AM 07/28/10 11:53 AM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,476 Oh RacerGofKGB Got The Big One
RacerGofKGB Got The Big One Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,476 Oh	turquoise

Re: early engine colors? [Re: VPrace] #760050 07/28/10 04:38 PM 07/28/10 04:38 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,295 dark side of the moon D Dougsmopars top fuel
Dougsmopars top fuel D Joined: May 2005 Posts: 2,295 dark side of the moon	I think the early small blocks were red. There are a lot of small block guys here someone should know for sure.

Re: early engine colors? [Re: Dougsmopars] #760051 07/28/10 05:08 PM 07/28/10 05:08 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 7,368 Iowa burdar Owen's Dad
burdar Owen's Dad Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 7,368 Iowa	Small blocks in the mid 60's were red. I don't know when they started being red or when they went to blue. Also, trucks could have been a different animal altogether.

Re: early engine colors? [Re: burdar] #760052 07/28/10 05:39 PM 07/28/10 05:39 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Well, I sure don't know, but FWIW, there's a 62 Dodge truck on ebay right now, looking pretty much original/unrestored, that has what appears to be either a blue or turquoise 318 engine. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962-dodg...=item27b3ba33bd

Re: early engine colors? #760053 07/28/10 08:44 PM 07/28/10 08:44 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 293 salem, oregon. usa E elmor enthusiast
elmor enthusiast E Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 293 salem, oregon. usa	My mom had a 61 Plymouth with a poly 318. Original color on it was red.

Re: early engine colors? [Re: elmor] #760054 07/29/10 07:19 AM 07/29/10 07:19 AM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,476 Oh RacerGofKGB Got The Big One
RacerGofKGB Got The Big One Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,476 Oh	http://www.marksmopars.net/images/Truck%20Engine%20Colors.doc

Re: early engine colors? [Re: VPrace] #760055 07/29/10 09:28 AM 07/29/10 09:28 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 152 Worcester, Mass 6 68goldfish member
68goldfish member 6 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 152 Worcester, Mass	Red. If I remember correctly 69 was the first year of Turquoise Blue. My 68/340 was factory Red when assembled. Then, painted Blue and was installed in a 69 Barracuda.

Re: early engine colors? [Re: 68goldfish] #760056 07/29/10 09:32 AM 07/29/10 09:32 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	My 1957 301 poly (earlier smaller cube version of the 318) is factory silver. They look nice in silver!

Re: early engine colors? [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #760057 07/29/10 11:29 AM 07/29/10 11:29 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: My 1957 301 poly (earlier smaller cube version of the 318) is factory silver. They look nice in silver! Yeah, my 1956 277 (an even smaller cube version of the 318) is also silver, as were most Mopar engines until about 1959 or so - at least in cars. RacerGofKGB's link Quote: http://www.marksmopars.net/images/Truck%20Engine%20Colors.doc says 318 poly truck engines were turquoise from 1961 through 1965; red after that. I'll bet that's right . . . .

Re: early engine colors? #760058 07/29/10 11:44 AM 07/29/10 11:44 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,516 Las Vegas, NV 6bblgt I Live Here
6bblgt I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,516 Las Vegas, NV	Quote: says 318 poly truck engines were turquoise from 1961 through 1965; red after that. I'll bet that's right . . . . The doc posted above & the ebay link both indicate the TRUCK poly should be turquoise.

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