Posted By: VPrace
early engine colors? - 07/28/10 03:02 PM
can somebody tell me what color a 61 truck 318 was originaly?
early engine colors?
Posted By: RacerGofKGB
Re: early engine colors? - 07/28/10 03:53 PM
turquoise 
Posted By: Dougsmopars
Re: early engine colors? - 07/28/10 08:38 PM
I think the early small blocks were red. There are a lot of small block guys here someone should know for sure.
Posted By: burdar
Re: early engine colors? - 07/28/10 09:08 PM
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.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: early engine colors? - 07/28/10 09:39 PM
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
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962-dodg...=item27b3ba33bd
Posted By: elmor
Re: early engine colors? - 07/29/10 12:44 AM
My mom had a 61 Plymouth with a poly 318. Original color on it was red. 
Posted By: RacerGofKGB
Re: early engine colors? - 07/29/10 11:19 AM
Posted By: 68goldfish
Re: early engine colors? - 07/29/10 01:28 PM
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.
Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms
Re: early engine colors? - 07/29/10 01:32 PM
My 1957 301 poly (earlier smaller cube version of the 318) is factory silver. They look nice in silver!
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: early engine colors? - 07/29/10 03:29 PM
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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 . . . .
Posted By: 6bblgt
Re: early engine colors? - 07/29/10 03:44 PM
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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. 