Engine Paint Color mix

[JoeCB]

I came across this old note tonight in my Model A file... might be of interest.
Can't say that I ever tried it ...just FYI

Model A Engine paint color - Rustolum Gloss Enamel
18 oz Hunter Green
8 oz Royal Blue
8 oz Black

Joe B

[J Franklin]

That sounds like it would be a good match. A quart of engine green would do a few engines and transmissions.

[BrianH]

I used the same colors but in equal amounts.

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Thanks Joe, I believe this was discussed 5+ years ago. I think the consensus was that it didn't match the Paint & Refinish chip color, but it was an acceptable color by the Driver level crowd who just wanted something that would be close.

[Bob Bidonde]

Over the years I have had many many NOS Model "A" parts that had various shades of engine green. I heard a story that at the Rouge where engines were made, left over paints of various colors were dumped into the green paint vats used to coat the engine, engine covers, flywheel housing, transmission & water pump.

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

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Originally Posted by Bob Bidonde

Over the years I have had many many NOS Model "A" parts that had various shades of engine green. I heard a story that at the Rouge where engines were made, left over paints of various colors were dumped into the green paint vats used to coat the engine, engine covers, flywheel housing, transmission & water pump.

Bob, pretty sure that was a Wives' Tail (-or Tale ) as there is a M-Spec (M-200) for the original paint that was specific to the formulation, ...and secondly it was enamel and the Ford paint colors back then were Pyroxilyn.

[JayJay]

Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C

Bob, pretty sure that was a Wives' Tail (-or Tale ) as there is a M-Spec (M-200) for the original paint that was specific to the formulation, ...and secondly it was enamel and the Ford paint colors back then were Pyroxilyn.

I think that this is the most compelling point I’ve heard regarding the contention that the engine green was an ad-hoc mixture of body colors.

[jb-ob]

Nice fairy tales.....

After over 50 years of mixing automotive paints, I can tell you if you pooled all of them together, the result is a nice shade of dark sh_t brown.

M-979 Green Motor Block PYROXYLIN

09-09-29 M-979-B Motor Block PYROXYLIN

Pyroxylin is an early form of fast drying lacquer paint, perfect for production work. Look at any era factory photo of the engine, the block & head only having a slight sheen compared to other engine parts that were dipped in enamel, baked resulting in a high gloss.

I doubt Ford cared what these parts looked like after 5 years, let alone 90 !