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Old 09-26-2018, 07:44 AM   #41
red211
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Re: Original 1963 c10, 10kmi

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Originally Posted by factorystock View Post
Ideally, someone planning on rebuilding and repainting an original engine with very well preserved original paint on the valve covers, gets the color scanned and receives a formula from a paint shop, and shares the info with us, so we don't have to use off the shelf colors in the restoration process. The blueish greenish turquioseish 230-250 is a tough one!
It is an odd color for sure. It almost seems they just mixed whatever green/blue they had and shot them. I have a v8 swap painted Detriot green so not using the 230 for now. It will just sit and wait if I want to go back to original down the road.
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