Re: Engine Paint Recomendation

Posted by HH56 On 2008/5/24 16:02:27

Maybe the previous owner went by some old mechanics memory--or just liked bright red. The 55 Clipper small engines were a dignified but not bright red.

When I bought my first V8 Packard in early 70s and just starting to collect information, I asked an old time mechanic still working in what had been the local Packard dealership some questions. One was engine color. He told me he remembered the engines were bluish-green (and some Clippers were). I promptly painted a rebuilt short block a shade of turquoise that some modern car used. It may still be out there so anyone having 5682-1032, guilty. Packard information wasn't as readily available to everyone back then.