1965 Ford 352 engine color

[Guest BruceW]

I'm looking for the correct color for the 352 cid engine in the 1965 Ford Galaxie.

Any information you can provide is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Rick Hoover]

Hi Bruce,

From what I remember, they painted the '65 352 engine black with gold valve covers and gold air cleaner. I'm also going off of a 1965 Galaxie, low milage original that I use to service for a custumer. That's about the best I can do for you.

Rick

[Guest BruceW]

Rick,

Thanks for the information. The Galaxie is my mom and dad's 65 500XL convertible. Attached is a photo, albeit not a very good one, of their Galaxie. The engine color combination you stated sounds plausible because the air cleaner, which I don't think has been repainted, is in fact gold. However, when the engine was rebuilt by its previous owner, the block was painted in what I would call a turquoise color

The valve covers on the car are chrome. Someone has told dad that they were a Ford option. If I remember correctly, I think I did see a 1965 Ford full size accessory brochure that showed the same valve covers available as an accessory. I'm hoping to track down a copy of the accessory brochure to be sure.

Thanks.

[Rick Hoover]

Bruce,

The chrome valve covers are correct. Least I know they were on the earlier 352's. They just refered to them as the dress up option. I once had a '68 Torino GT 390 Hi-Po that had that option. Black is still the correct color you want for the engine block and heads. Air cleaner remains gold. I can fix you up with a match on that if you need it.

Good looking convertible your parents have. Be easy on them with your billings now.

Rick

[Guest CTS]

Wow....this post was made over 10 yrs ago, and I just now registered. I hope you got the color settled. My two cents worth. I had 3 1965 Galaxie 500 and one being an LTD version. I forgot the engine color on the LTD, but I remember the other one with the factory 352 had the gold valve covers and air cleaner. The 1965 with factory 289 V8 had blue valve covers.

I also wound up switching the 289 and installing a 390 V8 (which is very close to the 352 even in external parts), and also learned when I later tore one down to rebuild the blocks both have 352 on them. The 352 and 390 had only slightly different bore and stroke specs, both being big blocks.

I also noticed some 1965 truck engines with 352 and the gold color on engine, so gold in 1965 must have been associated with the 352 V8.