The cover on my '79 1500 was an orange-red before I rebuilt the engine.
Dupli-Color makes a wide variety of engine paints, and you should be able
to find what you need there at your local MegaloAutoMart.
Chevy use two shades of red-orange; one pre-74 (I think) more of a red,
and one post-74 until about 1980, more of an orange. Chrysler-Plymouth
also used an orange red on its 60's and early 70's engines. Of these, I
think the Chrysler color was probably closest to the color on the Midget
(of course, I am basing this on an at best faulty memory). However,
using one of the Chevy colors is guaranteed to add 20 HP, a 30 degree
temp drop, 15 lbs of oil pressure increase, and attract 50% more of the
opposite sex....
Rich -- Council Bluffs, Iowa
'74.5 RB MGB "Miss Maggie"
'79 Midget "Miss Molly"
'86 Ford Crown Victoria LTD "BarcaLounger on Wheels"
richard.arnold@juno.com or rdarnold@neonramp.com
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