1970 383 Charger engine color?

[kevink]

Was all engines in 1970 painted orange in the Charger or were the 383 painted Turquoise?
Thanks,
Kevin K.

[Nacho-RT74]

Just HiPo engines were orange. A 383 Magnum would be one of them

[kevink]

So a 383 2 barrel would be blue where the 383 4 barrel would be orange correct?

[6bblgt]

in a '70 Charger:
383 2bbl = Chrysler blue (not turquoise)
383HP 4bbl = Street HEMI orange

[kent]

So a 383 2 barrel would be blue where the 383 4 barrel would be orange correct?

1970 Only with the Holley 4 barrel. 10-4

[6bblgt]

1970 Charger - ALL 383 4bbl (N-code) are 383HP orange engines with HOLLEYs

for 1970 there are Corporate blue 383 4bbl (with CARTERs) in other cars: ALL C-bodies, Barracudas (non-'cuda), Coronet 500s (non-Super Bee), Challenger SEs (non-R/T), Satellites (non-Road Runner), etc.

[XH29N0G]

Even base N code cars were were orange.. ...     I guess they were limited by how far up the alphabet they knew, but bench seat and orange engine was good enough for us....   

[AKcharger]

Huh, interesting!

[ACUDANUT]

What ever color you want !

[Nacho-RT74]

So a 383 2 barrel would be blue where the 383 4 barrel would be orange correct?

As been mentioned, there was 383 4bbl non HiPo. Not on 70 Charger thought, yes on earliers.

[ACUDANUT]

I would upgrade to a 4 barrel Holley and paint the engine hemi orange.

[Bronzedodge]

See the note at the bottom of that chart.  I've seen more than one 70 with an AC 383 4bbl that was turquoise.  There was a feature E body in one of the magazines, a survivor, turquoise.

[kevink]

Trunk

[kevink]

Engine

[6bblgt]

See the note at the bottom of that chart.  I've seen more than one 70 with an AC 383 4bbl that was turquoise.  There was a feature E body in one of the magazines, a survivor, turquoise.

in an attempt to make the "note" short - it is confusing
the same plant assembled all of the non-HEMI big blocks (Trenton, MI) 1969 is the last model year for "turquoise" & 1970 is the first model year for "Corporate blue" engines
50 year old, oil & heat soaked/cycled "Corporate blue" may appear dirty/burnt or "turquoise"

"H"-code - 1969 383 4bbl 330hp = turquoise
"N"-code - 1970 383 4bbl 330hp = Corporate blue

the "never say never" idiom is too widely used for any/every scenario - 1970s car production was big business, it wasn't a free for all/anything goes atmosphere that everyone dreams their car was constructed under.

[6bblgt]

"kevink"
trunk - is there a question?
the trunk pan was originally painted body color & appears to be missing the drain plugs

engine - a specific question?
appears to have a "log" exhaust manifold (383 2bbl) on the passenger side & a 4bbl air cleaner from a van
is the Charger a "L"-code 383 2bbl or "N"-code 383 4bbl car?

[6bblgt]

   sorry, I missed the other thread

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,138620.0/topicseen.html