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Gentlemen;

The 40's were dark grey and the 'blue flame' came along in l954 and stayed till the red 250" was born.

Does any one remember/know what the 52-216" passenger car engine color was?

After some cleaning green appears on an orginal I've found. Perhaps this is a "faded blue"???

Thanks, John M...

John,

The chevy 4s were green until the 6s came out in 1929 when the engine color changed to dark blue gray, stayed that way until 1953 powerglide which was blue as were all other passenger cars in 1954. The green could have been a 261 truck color.

In passenger cars, the 1952 216 is gray.

God's Peace to you.

d

Gentlemen;

I thought so, thanks. Finding the green fooled me. I guess??

It must have been done in a 'detail shop' long ago as car came from l952 buyer.

Thanks again, John M.......

PS: Green was the 261" engine color.

Most of the 261's I've seen are yellow.
Gael

PS: Apparently the Blue Flame came out in 1949 but stayed grey until 1953 (Powerglide) came around, when it turned blue in color.

However it was labeled: "Blue Flame Six" with a red decal (49-52) and "Blue Flame" (53-54) with a white one. 55 & up were labled with a orange dedcal.

Go figure??

That's what the ad guys called "model year improvements". :p

Mike

I understand that the "Blue Flame" designation first was used in 1934 and referred to the combustion chamber design. The first 216 appeared in 1937, FWIW. I'M just saying that Blue Flame had nothing to do with engine color.

Okay; Grey it is!

Thanks again, John M.........

Here is a link to an article on the colors that I saved. Bob Hensel is considered an expert in this area.

http://www.danroy.com/truck/master.html

Dear Eric;

That was the right site for colors, thanks.

Gael; You were right, the 261s were yellow some years & green others. I never knew that.

This is the car you rarely find. A 1952 with 77,600 orginal miles. I'm now making it look the part.

Thanks again, John M......