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  • Larry F.
    Expired
    • February 13, 2015
    • 6

    '66 427 Engine Paint

    Planning a winter project of repainting our BB engine. Engine is a fresh rebuild by PO but they apparently didn't repaint!?! Recent topic on Corvette Forum about BB color being more orange. Hemi Orange suggested. All agree BB color more orange than SB. Agree and you guys have a paint code? Thanks
  • Joe R.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • July 31, 1976
    • 4547

    #2
    Re: '66 427 Engine Paint

    Larry,

    Duplicolor that can be purchased at O'Reilly's is the correct color. Don't have the number but it's the one that is more orange. There is only two so you'll be right 50% of the time.

    JR

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    • Joe L.
      Beyond Control Poster
      • February 1, 1988
      • 43193

      #3
      Re: '66 427 Engine Paint

      Originally posted by Larry French (60955)
      Planning a winter project of repainting our BB engine. Engine is a fresh rebuild by PO but they apparently didn't repaint!?! Recent topic on Corvette Forum about BB color being more orange. Hemi Orange suggested. All agree BB color more orange than SB. Agree and you guys have a paint code? Thanks

      Larry------

      Color is one problem, gloss level is another. The only engine paint I've ever found that has the right gloss level is the Bill Hirsch-supplied paint. Unfortunately, at least the last time I purchased it, the color was way off for either big block or small block. All of the other Chevrolet orange engine paints I've tried (and I've tried LOTS and LOTS of them) have been way too glossy.
      In Appreciation of John Hinckley

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      • Jim S.
        Extremely Frequent Poster
        • March 1, 1986
        • 1392

        #4
        Re: '66 427 Engine Paint

        Originally posted by Joe Ray (1011)
        Larry,

        Duplicolor that can be purchased at O'Reilly's is the correct color. Don't have the number but it's the one that is more orange. There is only two so you'll be right 50% of the time.

        JR
        Dupli-color: Chevrolet Orange-Red DE1607

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        • Larry F.
          Expired
          • February 13, 2015
          • 6

          #5
          Re: '66 427 Engine Paint

          Thanks guys! Got it!

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          • Mark E.
            Extremely Frequent Poster
            • April 1, 1993
            • 4498

            #6
            Re: '66 427 Engine Paint

            Originally posted by Larry French (60955)
            Planning a winter project of repainting our BB engine. Engine is a fresh rebuild by PO but they apparently didn't repaint!?! Recent topic on Corvette Forum about BB color being more orange. Hemi Orange suggested. All agree BB color more orange than SB. Agree and you guys have a paint code? Thanks
            I've never heard this before. In fact, I remember big blocks as typically a bit more red than small blocks.

            But the best answer I've seen, which has been discussed here before, is engine color varied year to year and supplier to supplier. It was purchased, made and delivered in bulk with probably a wide spec tolerance for color to keep cost low.

            Modern paint probably has better color hold out than old-fashioned bulk paint, so maybe the new stuff is a bit more glossy. Putting it on thin and a bit dry can help with that.
            Mark Edmondson
            Dallas, Texas
            Texas Chapter

            1970 Coupe, Donnybrooke Green, Light Saddle LS5 M20 A31 C60 G81 N37 N40 UA6 U79
            1993 Coupe, 40th Anniversary, 6-speed, PEG 1, FX3, CD, Bronze Top

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            • Joe R.
              Extremely Frequent Poster
              • July 31, 1976
              • 4547

              #7
              Re: '66 427 Engine Paint

              Maybe BB engines were more red in Texas but in the other states they were more orange. Maybe BB were also bigger in Texas. They did call them 454!

              JR

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              • Jim S.
                Extremely Frequent Poster
                • March 1, 1986
                • 1392

                #8
                Re: '66 427 Engine Paint

                Originally posted by Jim Schwering (9598)
                Dupli-color: Chevrolet Orange-Red DE1607
                Joe and Larry

                Just reread Joe's post , if it is indeed the "More Orange " Dupli-Color , then the # I gave is the wrong one, as that is the more red color.

                The more orange color is 1620.

                I thought 66 was still using the red orange, and the orange started in 67 . Am I wrong ,or is there a difference between big and small blocks?

                Jim

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                • Mark E.
                  Extremely Frequent Poster
                  • April 1, 1993
                  • 4498

                  #9
                  Re: '66 427 Engine Paint

                  Originally posted by Joe Ray (1011)
                  Maybe BB engines were more red in Texas but in the other states they were more orange. Maybe BB were also bigger in Texas. They did call them 454!

                  JR
                  The challenge is I'm relying on the accuracy of what I remember seeing in the '70s. The memory is 40 years old. And who knows how reliable long term memory is about shades of color. My guess is not very.

                  Plus, I was mostly exposed to big blocks from the '70s, not the '60s (I don't know if that makes a difference or not).

                  By the way, I grew up in Los Angeles. Stuff isn't bigger there, just more chaotic and crowded.

                  Still, I remember original big blocks (from the '70s) as more red than small blocks.
                  Mark Edmondson
                  Dallas, Texas
                  Texas Chapter

                  1970 Coupe, Donnybrooke Green, Light Saddle LS5 M20 A31 C60 G81 N37 N40 UA6 U79
                  1993 Coupe, 40th Anniversary, 6-speed, PEG 1, FX3, CD, Bronze Top

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                  • William B.
                    Very Frequent User
                    • April 30, 1975
                    • 939

                    #10
                    Re: '66 427 Engine Paint

                    Hi Larry, Welcome the Discussion Board
                    Great place to get answers. Will answer your email today, been busy
                    Bill

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                    • James W.
                      Extremely Frequent Poster
                      • December 1, 1990
                      • 2640

                      #11
                      Re: '66 427 Engine Paint

                      Attached are two pictures on the left of the '65 BB I painted with Bill Hirsch Chevrolet Orange paint. It received no deductions for color or gloss through all levels of NCRS Flight Judging in 2014. The second two pictures on the right were taken of a 44k mile '65 BB up for auction at Kansas City in 2014.

                      Hope this helps.

                      James
                      Attached Files

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                      • Joe L.
                        Beyond Control Poster
                        • February 1, 1988
                        • 43193

                        #12
                        Re: '66 427 Engine Paint

                        Originally posted by James West (18379)
                        Attached are two pictures on the left of the '65 BB I painted with Bill Hirsch Chevrolet Orange paint. It received no deductions for color or gloss through all levels of NCRS Flight Judging in 2014. The second two pictures on the right were taken of a 44k mile '65 BB up for auction at Kansas City in 2014.

                        Hope this helps.

                        James
                        James-------

                        Bill Hirsch must have changed their color formulation since I bought the paint from them. This color looks nothing like the paint I bought. However, my purchase was a very long time ago.
                        In Appreciation of John Hinckley

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