I have a 69 cutlass w the 350, what color matches best for engine paint? Back in my old diesel days I used auto paint and it matched dead on, sadly, there in nothing left that is "gold" that i can bring with me to the store.

 

Bill Hirsch, Fusick, and a few others all sell the right color heat-resistant paint, with the right amount of metal flake and the right finish.

Here and here are two other times this question has come up.

- Eric

 

IIRC, the 69 didn't have a gold engine - the 350 was bronze colored and the 455 was red.

 

bronze gold, tomato, tomato. I was actually hoping to walk into a crappy auto parts store to buy it, I'm impatient that way. my cars a driver, close will do on this one, I figure it will drop a valve soon anyway so i can deal with it then? I did try to search for info before posting, nothing came up ?

 

Your call. Totally understood. http://www.yearone.com/yodnn/Vehicle...8/Default.aspx

 

In '69. the 350 was painted gold. The 400 was painted bronze and the 455 was red. Fusick has all the engine paint colors in the right shade/hue/metal flake.

Randy C.

 

thx Randy. I knew there was something unique about the engine colors in 69.

 

i used the auto parts store duplicolor gold . After tuning and and touching stuff it turned to a nice dark shade of gold. Close enough is good enough if it aint a high dolar car where originlaity and correctness comes into play .

 

That's what I did, I grabbed the closest looking gold I could find........but of course I have an oddball year and its supposed to be copper !! everything I own is "different" to the extent that it makes my life harder or more expensive! Anyway, I just wanted to get the blue-chrome covers off the car. I have enclosed a photo of the "gold" covers, you can see the area I painted, but if you miss it, its the area circled in red. (ignore the fuel-line that looks like I bent it hammer and anvil, I know its ugly)