Engine color

ratwasp

I have a '54 Wasp that I would like to repaint the 262 motor.  I know some of the stepdowns came with gold engines, mine is a reddish color that appears to have been resprayed at some point (see attached pic).  What is the correct paint color?  I have heard "Ford Red" engine paint is pretty close?

Suggestions?

Kdancy

HET club site posts-
http://www.hetclub.org/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=topic&catid=18&id=1128&Itemid=594

RL Chilton

In case you are not a member of the HET club:

48-50 were painted silver or aluminum
51-53 Hornet and 53 Jet were Gold
Duplicolor 500 degree engine paint, is close match. DE 1604 Universal Gold
Intakes were painted gold as well
51-53 non Hornet 232-262- 254 eight --- Silver
54 all were Red
'55-6 engines were Grey
Replacement engine blocks were not painted on the outside, and the 7X blocks also came thru in natural Chrome-Alloy
JC Whitney took all of the surplus factory engines and sold them through their catalog. These engines often shipped painted blue
The "brick red" inside most engine blocks is "glyptal"

308's Filler tubes were engine color
Twin H linkage and single carb linkage were engine color
Twin H air cleaners-
Dupli-Color Ford #1605
Hudson Twin H air cleaners were manufactured by FRAM. The color of these items is a red that is generally not found today. The color is Colonial Red provided by Rustoleum in their new spray can paint line.

(taken from Kdancy's post)

ratwasp

Great responses, thank you.  I will track down some Dupli-Color Ford #1605.

Man, JC Whitney was awesome back then. 

Hienkel429

Anyone know of a spray can for FRAM orange for the filter housing?  

Thanks!

onerare39

I found that Kubota Tractor Orange is almost identical.  Look for it at Tractor Supply or wherever they sell Kubota Tractors.

John Forkner

53jetman

I'm pretty sure Hudson six cylinder engines from '54 thru '56 were all red color.  The V-8's would have been some other color, I'm not sure what color (didn't like the fact they were from Packard!)

RL Chilton

I'm pretty sure Hudson six cylinder engines from '54 thru '56 were all red color.  The V-8's would have been some other color, I'm not sure what color (didn't like the fact they were from Packard!)

That's what I thought, too.  I have heard that before, more than once.  

Regardless, if I only learned one thing about Hudson, it's that "standard" is a very generalized term.