Original engine color
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Original engine color
Does anyone know what color a 383 would have been in our trucks? Also ,did it change from year to year?
Late 65 w 200.
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
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Re: Original engine color
I have seen blue and orange.BigBlockTrucks wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 6:43 pmDoes anyone know what color a 383 would have been in our trucks? Also ,did it change from year to year?
'69 W200 (thumbnail)
'68 W200 (RIP)
'68 W200 383 NP435 3.53
'67 W200 383 NP435 4.10 w overload springs, Dana 60, PTO winch & flatbed dump, racks, crane, c-air (Max)
Mark Vande Pol
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'68 W200 (RIP)
'68 W200 383 NP435 3.53
'67 W200 383 NP435 4.10 w overload springs, Dana 60, PTO winch & flatbed dump, racks, crane, c-air (Max)
Mark Vande Pol
Wildergarten.org
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Re: Original engine color
When you say blue, do you mean blue or turquoise?Wildergarten wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:38 pmI have seen blue and orange.BigBlockTrucks wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 6:43 pmDoes anyone know what color a 383 would have been in our trucks? Also ,did it change from year to year?
Late 65 w 200.
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
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Re: Original engine color
The 318 engine that was in my 1970 Parts truck was blue.
Re: Original engine color
The 1969 model year was the last for turquoise, blue started with the 1970 model year.
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Re: Original engine color
2 of my 70 W200's have a blue 383.
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Re: Original engine color
Take your pick. I do not possess provinance on the motor, but it was from a '67 D200 with an automatic trans.
'69 W200 (thumbnail)
'68 W200 (RIP)
'68 W200 383 NP435 3.53
'67 W200 383 NP435 4.10 w overload springs, Dana 60, PTO winch & flatbed dump, racks, crane, c-air (Max)
Mark Vande Pol
Wildergarten.org
'68 W200 (RIP)
'68 W200 383 NP435 3.53
'67 W200 383 NP435 4.10 w overload springs, Dana 60, PTO winch & flatbed dump, racks, crane, c-air (Max)
Mark Vande Pol
Wildergarten.org
Re: Original engine color
Generally speaking, the 383 would have been Chrysler Industrial Red through 1967-1968 and then blue through 1969-1971.
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Re: Original engine color
Does the blue fade over time? This truck I just acquired has a 69 383 that appears to have come out of a truck and the only evidence of paint on it looks to me like turquoise. Maybe it is faded blue?
Is there a way to know for sure that it was originally in a truck?
Late 65 w 200.
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
Re: Original engine color
serial number should tell
so hard to know what you have when its 50+ years old .some chould have changed the engine back in the 70s
so hard to know what you have when its 50+ years old .some chould have changed the engine back in the 70s
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Re: Original engine color
The engine has been changed as the original engine came with the truck also. He said it had a rod knock, which is why thy changed it.
The truck was a 67 or 68 short bed 4x4 big block, the engine in it 69, and the cab was 70 from a /6 truck.
The truck was a 67 or 68 short bed 4x4 big block, the engine in it 69, and the cab was 70 from a /6 truck.
Late 65 w 200.
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
Re: Original engine color
When I have a moment..... I'll look at a couple post '68 383's I have. I wouldn't completely rule out Chrysler Turquoise in '69.....BigBlockTrucks wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:30 pmDoes the blue fade over time? This truck I just acquired has a 69 383 that appears to have come out of a truck and the only evidence of paint on it looks to me like turquoise. Maybe it is faded blue?
Is there a way to know for sure that it was originally in a truck?
John
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Re: Original engine color
While you are looking what does an original air cleaner look like for a 383 truck?Hobcobble wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:24 amWhen I have a moment..... I'll look at a couple post '68 383's I have. I wouldn't completely rule out Chrysler Turquoise in '69.....BigBlockTrucks wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:30 pmDoes the blue fade over time? This truck I just acquired has a 69 383 that appears to have come out of a truck and the only evidence of paint on it looks to me like turquoise. Maybe it is faded blue?
Is there a way to know for sure that it was originally in a truck?
John
Late 65 w 200.
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
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Re: Original engine color
The 383 in my 68 D200 is the original unrestored engine with most of it’s original orange paint still present. I haven’t attempted to match it yet, but it looks more like it might be the same or close to the later Hemi Orange used on some or all of the late 60s high performance engines, as opposed to the earlier orange colour used on the super stock 413 and race Hemi.
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My last '68 truck had a 383, also in Hemi Orange.Conductorblg wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 3:02 amThe 383 in my 68 D200 is the original unrestored engine with most of it’s original orange paint still present. I haven’t attempted to match it yet, but it looks more like it might be the same or close to the later Hemi Orange used on some or all of the late 60s high performance engines, as opposed to the earlier orange colour used on the super stock 413 and race Hemi.
'69 W200 (thumbnail)
'68 W200 (RIP)
'68 W200 383 NP435 3.53
'67 W200 383 NP435 4.10 w overload springs, Dana 60, PTO winch & flatbed dump, racks, crane, c-air (Max)
Mark Vande Pol
Wildergarten.org
'68 W200 (RIP)
'68 W200 383 NP435 3.53
'67 W200 383 NP435 4.10 w overload springs, Dana 60, PTO winch & flatbed dump, racks, crane, c-air (Max)
Mark Vande Pol
Wildergarten.org
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Re: Original engine color
Thanks for all the replies,
I was wanting to go with turquoise, but decided on hemi orange. Nobody near here stocks the turquoise and I got a deal on the orange. I’m hoping to have the engine in the truck before winter. I have everything I need now except the time.
I was wanting to go with turquoise, but decided on hemi orange. Nobody near here stocks the turquoise and I got a deal on the orange. I’m hoping to have the engine in the truck before winter. I have everything I need now except the time.
Late 65 w 200.
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
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Did you check on Amazon for TIME? They seem to have everything else!
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When you find some I'm buying.BigBlockTrucks wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:08 amThanks for all the replies,
I’m hoping to have the engine in the truck before winter. I have everything I need now except the time.
'69 W200 (thumbnail)
'68 W200 (RIP)
'68 W200 383 NP435 3.53
'67 W200 383 NP435 4.10 w overload springs, Dana 60, PTO winch & flatbed dump, racks, crane, c-air (Max)
Mark Vande Pol
Wildergarten.org
'68 W200 (RIP)
'68 W200 383 NP435 3.53
'67 W200 383 NP435 4.10 w overload springs, Dana 60, PTO winch & flatbed dump, racks, crane, c-air (Max)
Mark Vande Pol
Wildergarten.org
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Re: Original engine color
I did, but they only sell it in magazine form!
Late 65 w 200.
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
Factory LU-2 winch.
Updates: 205 transfer case,4.10 gears, disc brake Dana 60 front with lock out hubs
440 repower in the works
60 d100
383 with 727
4 wheel disc
3.73 geared rear
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Re: Original engine color
BigBlockTrucks wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:30 amI did, but they only sell it in magazine form!