engine paint color

[Brightyellow69rtse]

what should i use for paint on the motor? i wanna go with orange but im not sure which one to get. i could go with real paint or rattle can paint. i just want to get a good color. i used the mopar rattle can paint some time ago and i remember it to be very watery.

[charge69]

You did not specify what motor or what year Charger in your post but if you are referring to your name (69RTSE) it would be orange paint. My restorer got a nearly full quart of Hemi-Orange engine paint from another professional restorer and sprayed the motor with a gun to make it look right but ..... later he had to touch up a couple of small places on the motor and used spray paint to do it. He actually used Allis-Chalmers Orange tractor paint on it to see if it matched in an inconspicuous place and it matched perfectly! Get a couple of cans of this paint and spray-bomb away as it looks great! He got the paint at a local Tractor Supply store pretty cheap and it will work.

[maxwellwedge]

Actually - Hemi Orange is incorrect on a 440. In 69 for instance, there were 3 oranges. Early Hemi, late hemi and a different orange to those two for the 440.

[69_XS29L]

I have an early build '69. '68 date coded interior parts, engine, trans, alternator, '68 style doors, early '69 front bumperettes, etc. I stripped the engine of it's driveway applied engine paint in '82 for a rebuild and found the original color to be '68 turqouise. Anything is possible.

[Ghoste]

Frank Badalson's restoration column that he writes for MCG is about orange engine paint in the current issue.  Haven't read it yet but I did note a photo with several examples there.

[resq302]

Actually - Hemi Orange is incorrect on a 440. In 69 for instance, there were 3 oranges. Early Hemi, late hemi and a different orange to those two for the 440.

So Im guessing the 383 HP would be the same then as the 440?

[Rolling_Thunder]

I too have used the watery mopar paint. I was not impressed. I went with Duplicolor DE1622 "Chrysler Orange" -  it covers a LOT better - not watery and is available at O'reily's

[tan top]

I have an early build '69. '68 date coded interior parts, engine, trans, alternator, '68 style doors, early '69 front bumperettes, etc. I stripped the engine of it's driveway applied engine paint in '82 for a rebuild and found the original color to be '68 turqouise. Anything is possible.

hello & welcome     ,  seen a few pictures of a really early 69  R/T in A4 silver ,  being stripped for a resto , had  had matching  numbers motor , & it was turquise under the  orange paint  , you could see turquise where the orange was chipping off , saved some pictures , believe i posted them in a thread on here too , but soo long ago now forget what it was called

[maxwellwedge]

Actually - Hemi Orange is incorrect on a 440. In 69 for instance, there were 3 oranges. Early Hemi, late hemi and a different orange to those two for the 440.

So Im guessing the 383 HP would be the same then as the 440?

Yes - 69 383 HP without air would be the same orange as a 440 HP 

[maxwellwedge]

I have an early build '69. '68 date coded interior parts, engine, trans, alternator, '68 style doors, early '69 front bumperettes, etc. I stripped the engine of it's driveway applied engine paint in '82 for a rebuild and found the original color to be '68 turqouise. Anything is possible.

If it was Holley equipped it would be turquoise in 69. There were a few with A/C that were turquoise in 69 as well

[69 OUR/TEA]

When I did this engine I used the Roger Gibson/Frank Badelson 69 440 engine paint.PPG acrylic enamel as factory,applied right to the bare metal with NO kind of epoxy or priming,except the valve covers that I had to do bodywork on.Also,NO hardener/catalyst.
It comes in pints,I bought one,after mixed with reducer 8:1,there was none leftover after painting the engine.It covers almost instantly,way more coverage compared to rattle cans,and looks correct,per Roger and Frank,LOL.