chevy engine paint?

[bigtizzles]

My 68 327 is painted blue? Is that because it came out of a truck? What would the correct color be if it came out of a chevelle or camaro?

[clay]

Hmm, not sure about the factory colors. Sounds like it was repainted by someone and not a factory color though. SBC's in that year range should have been Chevy Orange from the factory and at some point they switched to black, BBC's were orange at that same time and switched to a light blue at some point. Don't think Chevrolet ever painted a small block blue. Clay

[bigtizzles]

it looks like ford blue. I didn't really think anything of it at first. But now its got me wondering. The casting numbers and the suffix code said it should have came out of a C-10 pickup.

[jeep_406]

Chevy used Orange paint until , I think, 1977 when they switched to blue. I still use Orange unless a customer requires something else. Most guys prefer Black in race cars.

[bigtizzles]

is it possible chevy made the block for oldsmobile

[jeep_406]

I forget the years, but there was a time they used the Chevy Small Block in just about everything.

[squeeezer]

i know chev orange was around till 75 at least
followed by chev blue till early 80's
then followed by black

chevy blue is nothing like ford blue

[bigtizzles]

it looks more like olsmobile blue, its painted under the heads and everywhere

[clay]

I'm thinking that has to be other than a factory paintjob. I believe the factory always paints a complete engine so the valve covers would be on at that time. Seems like even the big blocks with aluminum intakes had overspray on the intake since it was installed at the time of paint. Clay