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Old 05-04-2026, 04:33 PM   #1
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Where can I buy spray cans of the correct color for my 1951 8BA?
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Old 05-04-2026, 06:27 PM   #3
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The paint is for my 8BA engine, not for my car.
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KBS motor coater is the best I have ever used but I didn't find your color on the website.
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They used that bronze color in 1950 & 1951 but only for cars. Pickups were red and then green in late production. The green was about the same as the Mercury cars. Bill Hirsch Auto should still be around. I heard his family took it over after he passed. In any case, Dennis Carpenter and others should have it.
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Old 05-06-2026, 04:34 PM   #7
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I have used Hirsch a few times and brushed it on. No brush marks, and lasts forever.
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...and it blended perfectly with what I believe to be the original paint.
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Old 05-06-2026, 07:39 PM   #9
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...and it blended perfectly with what I believe to be the original paint.
Hi Joe, you didn't say what paint you used.
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I still don't know what paint he used.
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...and it blended perfectly with what I believe to be the original paint.
I still don't know what paint you used.
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Old 05-08-2026, 03:20 AM   #13
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Dennis Carpenter.
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49-51 car. Part# 8A-6000 $58.95 In Stock 1Quart
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Old 05-08-2026, 10:35 AM   #14
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Thanks.
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Old 05-10-2026, 12:16 AM   #15
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I thought 51 Pickups with the 8BA had red engines. Sorry, I don't know the official paint shade or code.
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2025-06-05 18.07.27.jpg I have a 52 2dr and my engine is either orange or red I can't tell. I am partially color blind.
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Attachment 585546 I have a 52 2dr and my engine is either orange or red I can't tell. I am partially color blind.
Looks orange to me which is correct for 52. Not sure it is "Ford Orange" in the pic. Chrysler and Ch - - - used an orange also.
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1952 was the change over to the EAB engines which had the rotator valves carried over from 1951. The EAB had a little bit higher compression heads and a cam change to increase performance with the changes in the fuel available. The competitions higher performance overhead valve V8s were affecting the numbers plus more folks wanted the automatic transmissions. Ford knew that the flathead V8s days were numbered but it took them a while to design their own overhead valve V8 for lower cost production. The 215 Ford 6 and the Lincoln 317 were out already but the Ford and Mercury V8s were still in development.

Ford always used color to identify V8 engine differences in the 8BA era that began in 1948 with the introduction of the bonus built trucks.
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Attachment 585546 I have a 52 2dr and my engine is either orange or red I can't tell. I am partially color blind.
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