1960s slant six engine color

[junkyardjeff]

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.

[37 caddy]

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

[1972coronet]

1964 Slant Six - both the 170 and the 225 - engines are Chrysler Engine Red, with a semi-gloss black air cleaner assembly.

[junkyardjeff]

Thanks for the info.

[BlackSheep214]

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. 

[junkyardjeff]

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

[Mike C]

Here's one that I built as a beater.

Edited March 15, 2023 by Mike C

[junkyardjeff]

I painted it Testors red.

[Jon Haigwood]

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 market

Silver: 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 market

Turquoise-blue: 1962 or 1963 through 1966 Canada-market 170 engines, plus all slant-6s in 1969 passenger cars & trucks throughout the North American market

Blue: 1970-1982 all passenger cars & trucks, North American market

Turquoise-green: 1967-1969, w/2bbl carb, Australian market

Orange: 1967-19??, w/2bbl carb, South African market

Yellow: 1962-early 1969 truck/bus, North American market (some '61-'62 got red)

Black: 1983-up, all applications, North American and probably other markets.

[stavanzer]

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.  

[JP Lister]

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.