Engine Color 394

[KQQLCAT]

Bill Hirsch now has the proper engine color for the low compression 394. It's called 59-63 Olds turquoise.

[dlh61olds]

Another option is to use PPG product DAR. I used #43824,

Ford Wild Turquoise and it looks great. You can still get it in acrylic enamel which I found easy to use and store.

About $18 for 8/oz. Pics are enclosed. Two pics without the flash and two with, pic's with the flash are washed out and don't show the true color.

Dave

[Talarico8447]

I LIKE THE HIGH COMPRESSION RED.

Edited December 31, 2009 by talarico8447 (see edit history)

[D Yaros]

I would like to see a pic of an engine painted with the Hirsch product. The pic in this thread looks darn close, I will have to admit.

Funny that Hirsch call the color some form of turquoise, as I always thought of it as some shade of green?

[Guest 64 starfire]

i have a 64 starfire with a 394 (345 h.p.). the right color for my engine is red. i used a universal red that ford and chrysler used for their blocks. Bought it from eastwood industries. The match is almost perfect. I found that eastwood paints spray really well with a hvlp gun

Edited February 4, 2011 by 64 starfire (see edit history)

[Bee-Oh-Pee]

Does anybody else have any other recommendations for the Starfire red? It's good to know that Eastwood has a close product that works well.

Application-specific paint for that engine is unavailable, to my knowledge. I was going to try Hirsch until I saw it's nonexistent.

Also, do you use the "activator" with the Eastwood product? It appears to be optional.

Edited July 21, 2011 by Bee-Oh-Pee
Clarify question (see edit history)

[Oldsfan]

Unavailable? I buy mine from Fusick...

Paul

[Bee-Oh-Pee]

Thanks----

Anybody use the Eastwood paint with activator?

Edited July 24, 2011 by Bee-Oh-Pee (see edit history)

[Tedd Thompson]

  I always use a hardener on engines or anything that may get gas on it But I almost always have a auto paint store match my paint and use a hardener for that brand of paint. A hardener will also help keep the sheen from oxidizing much longer than paint with out it.... Tedd

[Guest Myaire]

I was told Duplicolor DE1653 for the Starfire Red.  Says better match than the Fusicik paint but can't confirm.

[PONTIAC1953]

On 12/31/2007 at 1:42 PM, dlh61olds said:

Another option is to use PPG product DAR. I used #43824,

Ford Wild Turquoise and it looks great. You can still get it in acrylic enamel which I found easy to use and store.

About $18 for 8/oz. Pics are enclosed. Two pics without the flash and two with, pic's with the flash are washed out and don't show the true color.

Dave

 

that color looks like the buick nailhead V8, nowhere near the Olds 394 green engine paint color.