junkyardjeff Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Building a 64 Dodge with a slant six and what color was the engine,I was at the old junkyard yesterday and forgot to look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37 caddy Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 most of the early ones were red,around 1970 or so they went yo the the corporate blue color.At least thats how i remember them. harvey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 1964 Slant Six - both the 170 and the 225 - engines are Chrysler Engine Red, with a semi-gloss black air cleaner assembly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyardjeff Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSheep214 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Yup... my.first car was a '64 Dart with a slant 6 (red engine) and push button automatic. Fun car to drive for whatever short time I owned it. I am curious. I didn't know there was a '64 Dodge Dart kit out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyardjeff Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 2 hours ago, BlackSheep214 said: Yup... my.first car was a '64 Dart with a slant 6 (red engine) and push button automatic. Fun car to drive for whatever short time I owned it. I am curious. I didn't know there was a '64 Dodge Dart kit out there. 64 big Dodge kit from Lindberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) Here's one that I built as a beater. Edited March 15, 2023 by Mike C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyardjeff Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 I painted it Testors red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Haigwood Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Found this on the old inner web; Slant-6 colo(u)rs from the factory:Metallic dark turquoise: Some 1960-'61 Plymouth-Dodge full size cars, North American marketSilver: 1961 (RV1 sold as "1962") Valiant, Australian market, some '60-'61 Plymouth-Dodge full size cars, some '61 Valiant/Lancer.Red: 1962-68 all passenger cars, all markets, except as specified below, plus most 1960-61 Valiant/Lancer, North American marketTurquoise-blue: 1962 or 1963 through 1966 Canada-market 170 engines, plus all slant-6s in 1969 passenger cars & trucks throughout the North American marketBlue: 1970-1982 all passenger cars & trucks, North American marketTurquoise-green: 1967-1969, w/2bbl carb, Australian marketOrange: 1967-19??, w/2bbl carb, South African marketYellow: 1962-early 1969 truck/bus, North American market (some '61-'62 got red)Black: 1983-up, all applications, North American and probably other markets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I had an old (Middle 1960's) Dodge Dart. The Slant 6 was so oily and dirty that it had no real colour. Just a blackish,brownish, grayish, rusty lump. The Slant 6's in the USAF Aircraft Towing Tugs, were either dirty yellow, or faded olive drab, depending on when the tug had been built. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Lister Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 The original slant 6 block in my '64 Dodge D100 Sweptline was yellow. It was my grandfathers truck and he bough it new in '64 when I was two years old. I remember, years later, sitting on the fender well as he changed spark plugs. I remember a lot of yellow. When I pulled the block out a year ago to rebuild it, I pressure washed it. Guess what, I uncovered the original yellow paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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