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junkyardjeff · 04-30-2016, 04:59 PM

Finally making progress on the model of a 49 convertible my dad had back in the early 50s and I need to know what color the motor is supposed to be.

JT FORD · 04-30-2016, 05:36 PM

Dark Blue

junkyardjeff · 04-30-2016, 09:44 PM

Good I have some dark blue paint.

Walt Dupont--Me. · 05-01-2016, 07:18 AM

Not Sure, I just thought the 49-50 car engine was the kind of gold color, I also though the truck engine was red. As I say--NOT SURE== Walt

Fibber Mcgee · 05-01-2016, 07:50 AM

I know the truck engine is red but I'm not sure of the car either.

rotorwrench · 05-01-2016, 07:55 AM

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1949 was a change year. For cars engines they started out with the older dark blue used on 239 CID engines but somewhere later in the production year, they they changed to the bronze color. The bronze was used till somewhere in the 1951 production.

wga · 05-01-2016, 09:24 AM

My 49 Custom is bronze and has a Dec 48 production in Kansas City.

Vic Piano · 05-01-2016, 10:24 AM

Just to add to the confusion, I have an original 50th Anniversary book published by Ford Motor Company. In it there are color photographs (taken in '52). On page 48 there is a photo of both orange (what I've always called Ford Red) and green Flatheads. The caption reads "An aptly-named storage area at Atlanta is the "engine forest." The green ones are commercial truck motors and the orange ones are passenger car engines from the Rouge and Cleveland." Draw your own conclusions... According to the book, by '52 all car engines were orange and all commercial truck engines were green. In the photo the green appears to be lighter than the green used in '39 to '41Ford and darker than the green used on '49 to '53 Mercury and '49 to '51 Lincoln Flatheads...

04-30-2016, 04:59 PM	#1
junkyardjeff Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: dayton Ohio Posts: 243	49 engine color Finally making progress on the model of a 49 convertible my dad had back in the early 50s and I need to know what color the motor is supposed to be.

04-30-2016, 05:36 PM	#2
JT FORD Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: N.W. Iowa Posts: 306	Re: 49 engine color Dark Blue

04-30-2016, 09:44 PM	#3
junkyardjeff Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: dayton Ohio Posts: 243	Re: 49 engine color Good I have some dark blue paint.

05-01-2016, 07:18 AM	#4
Walt Dupont--Me. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gardiner Me. Posts: 4,200	Re: 49 engine color Not Sure, I just thought the 49-50 car engine was the kind of gold color, I also though the truck engine was red. As I say--NOT SURE== Walt

05-01-2016, 07:50 AM	#5
Fibber Mcgee Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Callahan Fla Posts: 1,149	Re: 49 engine color I know the truck engine is red but I'm not sure of the car either. __________________ Wanted, a car with a " Dynaflex Superflowing Unijet Turbovasculator which is Syncromeshed to the Multicoil Hydrotensioned Dual vacuum Dynomometer. "

05-01-2016, 07:55 AM	#6
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,431	Re: 49 engine color Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) 1949 was a change year. For cars engines they started out with the older dark blue used on 239 CID engines but somewhere later in the production year, they they changed to the bronze color. The bronze was used till somewhere in the 1951 production.

05-01-2016, 09:24 AM	#7
wga Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Yorba Linda, CA Posts: 898	Re: 49 engine color My 49 Custom is bronze and has a Dec 48 production in Kansas City. __________________ Henry Ford designed the flathead without the aid of a computer.

05-01-2016, 10:24 AM	#8
Vic Piano Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Odessa, FL Posts: 7,611	Re: 49 engine color Just to add to the confusion, I have an original 50th Anniversary book published by Ford Motor Company. In it there are color photographs (taken in '52). On page 48 there is a photo of both orange (what I've always called Ford Red) and green Flatheads. The caption reads "An aptly-named storage area at Atlanta is the "engine forest." The green ones are commercial truck motors and the orange ones are passenger car engines from the Rouge and Cleveland." Draw your own conclusions... According to the book, by '52 all car engines were orange and all commercial truck engines were green. In the photo the green appears to be lighter than the green used in '39 to '41Ford and darker than the green used on '49 to '53 Mercury and '49 to '51 Lincoln Flatheads... __________________ Imagination is more important than knowledge.