1979 Riviera 350 engine paint

[Patrick Zoller]

I'm looking for the correct engine paint color for the valve covers on a 1979 Riviera. It looks like a medium blue but isn't GM Blue by Duplicolor. Anyone have any info?

Thanks

[Seafoam65]

The correct color is GM blue, but on a lot of the original cars as they left the factory, the color

was a lighter shade of blue than the official corporate blue. You would have to have someone

custom mix the paint to get a match to the original paint. Same thing with the Buick Green paint

on the nailheads......the factory color was more blue and less green than the official formula.

[RivNut]

I know that at one point, Buick went to the Oldsmobile engine. I would imagine that you could find the Oldsmobile blue. But if your car has the Buick engine it may be an odd color.  Keep us updated.