Re: [Chrysler300] Engine Paint

["Ryan Hill" <ryan_hillc300@xxxx>]

George, I just finished restoring my '65 383 a couple weeks ago and used VHT 
engine paint in aerosol cans (SP-126 Early Chrysler Blue). They call it 
blue but it is turqoise. I have used the Mopar Performance paint in Hemi 
orange before and found it to be a close match to the original but it was 
quite costly. I chose VHT this time mainly because it's more readily 
available but it closely matches the original color of my engine and I've 
always had good luck with VHT paint. (It sprays well and has good coverage 
as well as being durable)

When it comes to painting anything you have to realize that there can be 
variances in color between batches even now with all the mixing technology 
we have. When our cars were new, there were most definitely variances in 
color from one engine to another depending on where and when they were 
painted. My theory is that being close is as acurate as you will ever get. 
If you use the vehicle, the paint will fade and dull somewhat anyway just as 
the factory paint did. If mine dulls in time it should prove to be very 
close to a flake of paint I scraped off my oil pan so I'm happy with the 
results.

Good Luck.



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