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chevyrestoguy · 03-17-2010, 01:35 PM

I did a little investigating, and called my buddy, who looked through his paint cabinet and found the can that he used. He found three cans of it about 10 years ago at a local CarQuest store and bought everything they had. The paint is made by Tempo and the color is #225 Alpine Green. It is high temp engine paint.

This paint is now being reproduced by Plastikote and it is still called #225 Alpine Green. A little bit more research uncovered that GM still uses this color on the Detroit Diesel engines. Just Google "Plastikote #225 Alpine Green" and lots of results come back.

Next question: What years used this color? Were all the V-8 optioned 60-66 truck engines painted this color?

03-17-2010, 01:35 PM	#5
chevyrestoguy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: apple valley, ca Posts: 2,670	Re: Engine colors I did a little investigating, and called my buddy, who looked through his paint cabinet and found the can that he used. He found three cans of it about 10 years ago at a local CarQuest store and bought everything they had. The paint is made by Tempo and the color is #225 Alpine Green. It is high temp engine paint. This paint is now being reproduced by Plastikote and it is still called #225 Alpine Green. A little bit more research uncovered that GM still uses this color on the Detroit Diesel engines. Just Google "Plastikote #225 Alpine Green" and lots of results come back. Next question: What years used this color? Were all the V-8 optioned 60-66 truck engines painted this color? Last edited by chevyrestoguy; 03-17-2010 at 01:36 PM.