68 Chrysler 318 Engine Color

Dave, Everything excluding the carb and distributor/HT wires would have been painted the blue/green. This includes the hoses and clamps. I've even seen the belts painted!!

Im a big mopar nut. Mopar performance makes a blue green color that may be closer to what your looking for. Its in their high temp engine paints and it was used on 67 hipo big blocks and I think also on 64 big blocks Im not sure of all the applications all of our cars are orange or true blue engines. Check out your local chrysler dealership and they should have a catalogue for you to check out.

I'm not sure about Chrysler colors,they have several but check this paint out,I have had very good luck with these paints.The quarts can be sprayed but on cast iron you can brush it on and see no brush marks,see my engine in my signature line below.It's been done almost 20 yrs,where does the time go?
http://www.hirschauto.com/prodinfo.asp?number=EE-QUART&variation=CHRY%20TURQ

Bingo! Phats is all over it. The color you need to most closely match the original is Dupli-Color 1619, Chrysler Green, so don't let the name or cap color fool you. It's more blue than green however and matches the big block color Zack is talking about on the Mopar site, and is what's shown below in these Mopar marine pictures which are all the same color but which all may look different because of the camera/light etc, but they are all the same paint. When this color fades over the years it starts to look more light blue. You can get it thru Napa or other Dupli-Color dealers, but it's not normally on the shelf so you may need to get them to order it.




I know you didn't need 4 picts but I do love that color. And look on ebay for A&A marine for the replacement manifold or valve cover decals. The manifold ones are harder to find but I did recently pick up a set, but they say 235 and not 210. Quickest and cheapest 25 hp I ever picked up.   

Bruce, Marshall's boat is actually the middle two picts above, the first one early on after we pulled the fiberglass floor pan and removed foam from the exh channels (installed copper pipe), and he had just detailed the engine. The next pict, third one down, is his with the 273 dressed up a bit and the fiberglass floor pan installed back in.   

You guys sure know how to dress up an engine.

I forgot that the newer Mustangs had fiberglass floors. It looks nice.

Gary, it did. I ripped 3/8 out of it.   It will have a new one come spring. I want to keep it close to original, so I will put some kind of vinyl on it.

Phat Zach, good eye on the 273 Commandos. But how are you so up on that and the other vintage Mopar stuff if you're only about to turn 21?

Turns out that bottom picture above is of a BB Mopar which was a failed attempt and the entire engine-trans package just as you see it, is still sitting on a pallet and IS available at a decent price. Only drawback, and that's according to who you ask, is that it's only a 413, but they had a great history for ruggedness and racing. I can't recall what boat you have, but this engine is an original Chrysler Marine reverse rotation. I bought it as a running engine 5 yrs ago and was told it had never been rebuilt, only heads services, but did burn some oil. So it would need a rebuild. It looks like you man.    

Bruce,the 77 mustang that I'm doing had fiberglass floors but I'm replacing with plywood treated with cpes.A little carpet and no one will be able to tell the difference.

                  Gary

Bruce, I'm glad you asked about the CPES. I use it for the first coat on the wood. It is a penetrating epoxy that is naturally thin (low viscosity) that isn't reduced with solvents. Great stuff!!

Here's a little interesting vidio from Jamestown a distributor who handles it.



CPES

Reid,my floor was thin fiberglass over foam.I would imagine the foam provided much of the support for the floor but since I don't intend to re-foam I think plywood is the way to go.I am using only cpes on the plywood and nothing else.From what I've read,encapsulating the wood in epoxy or resin might not be the best thing to do.I know some of you have been re-doing these boats for a long time and would know first hand if this is true.I've played with boats for some time but only recently got into boats like these with wood that has no way to dry out once it gets wet.I have another 77 mustang that has never been re-floored and even though the stringers and other wood pieces are starting to soften in spots,it ain't bad for 30 years. The lags are solid in the motor mounts but I had to replace the plywood around the ski pylon so it's only a matter of time. Farmer

Sorry to say we now live in a throw-away   world; therefore, we have learned to take care of what we have. My age group was not that way but the younger groups are.


Steve

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Thanks so much for the help. I get a few hours or a day to work on my boat then the real world takes back over and I don't check back for a couple days. I apologize for the late response.
Dave