Gray is the right color for truck 216-235 most years. PPG 34560 is a
currently available match....... That is a snip one of Bobs email on the
subject from 1999, believe it or not. --wayne
At 06:50 PM 5/23/02 -0700, mark@noakes.com wrote:
>Hi Jim,
>
>Bob Adler has the correct PPG paint numbers for the 235 truck engine gray,
>which was
>also supposed to be correct for the truck V8s. I have since lost the
>number, but Bob
>should be able to give it to you...though come to think of it, I haven't
>seen him post
>for a long time.
>
>We bought some of the PPG gray for my retro V8 for the Sub...it had a
>slight green tint
>to it (looks pretty cool with Bombay Ivory on the Chevrolet
>script). Brian bought some
>of the supposedly gray paint from a contact out of the Cameo club and
>painted his 265 V8
>with it; it has a slight blue tint to it. Interesting since both are
>supposed to be
>"right", but both look good and I'm happy with my engine.
>
>Now all you need to do for that 235 is find a 53-55 Corvette 6 cylinder
>intake with the
>three Carter side draft carbs each with a bullet air cleaner...I
>definitely enjoy the
>retro performance parts.
>
>Mark Noakes
>
>On Thu, 23 May 2002, J Forbes wrote
>
> >
> > Hi, I've done a search of the archives, and it appears that the
> > consensus is that the 235 engine used in trucks was painted gray.
> >
> > However, I recall the (original as far as I know) engine in my first 59
> > being "blue" when I rebuilt it in 1977, and the engine from my (very
> > original) 57 Suburban also appears to be "blue". But the "blue" color
> > seems to be more like the greenish grayish blueish color that Chevy used
> > on truck engines in the 60s, not the light blue as used in the mid
> > 70s-mid 80s, nor the blue that was used on car 6 cylinder engines in the
> > 50s.
> >
> > Of course I should be able to just look at the paint on the engine, and
> > see what color it is, right? It's not that easy! The only places that
> > still have paint are where it is covered with dirt and oil, and it
> > appears that the paint changes colors somewhat under these conditions.
> > It really is impossible to tell if it is gray, green, or blue...it could
> > be any, or a combination of all three colors.
> >
> > Is there any solid info on what color a late 50s 235 1/2 ton pickup
> > truck engine really ought to be painted?
> >
> > On a side note, I just picked up the Bill Fisher 6 cyl Speed Secrets
> > book, a reprint of the 1954 edition. What fun! As we're assembling
> > Gary's 235, we used a tip from the book and changed the direction that
> > the lower timing cover bolts go in, they now are 3/8" bolts going in
> > from the outside, so the pan won't have to come off to change the cam.
> >
> > Jim F
> > 59s in AZ
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
Wayne Osborne
1956 Chevy Pickup
LaGrange Ga.
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