Buick Turquoise Engine Paint?

[joesregalproject]

So after a long stalemate on my engine for my Regal, ive been making decent progress. There will be more on that in my build thread soon. Anyways I've been Trying to find the correct engine paint color for it. It is supposed to be a sort of turquoise color, but I can't seem to find anyone that makes a turquoise for the 1975-1979 Buick engines. The closest colors I can find are Chrysler Turquoise and GM Corporate Blue. The Chrysler color seems a little too green, and the GM corporate blue is too blue. I've found the correct red color for 1974-down Buicks but it's not the correct color for my 1976 engine and red is kinda cliche. Anyone know where to buy the correct Buick Turquoise?

 

[Texas82GP]

I read online that some of those engines were painted with the Oldsmobile blue. Is this the color you are looking for?
http://www.tamrazsparts.com/oldsmobile-blue-metallic-455-engine-paint-442-cutlass-new/

 

[pontiacgp]

So after a long stalemate on my engine for my Regal, ive been making decent progress. There will be more on that in my build thread soon. Anyways I've been Trying to find the correct engine paint color for it. It is supposed to be a sort of turquoise color, but I can't seem to find anyone that makes a turquoise for the 1975-1979 Buick engines. The closest colors I can find are Chrysler Turquoise and GM Corporate Blue. The Chrysler color seems a little too green, and the GM corporate blue is too blue. I've found the correct red color for 1974-down Buicks but it's not the correct color for my 1976 engine and red is kinda cliche. Anyone know where to buy the correct Buick Turquoise?

Are you sure turquoise is the right color for that year of engine?

I found this in a Buick forum....
"As far as the color, Buick used a metallic aqua color on their engines in 1975 and 1975 only. 1967 through 1974 it was Buick Red, 1975 was this odd ball one year metallic blue-aqua-greenish color and in 1976 they, as all other GM divisions, began using GM Corporate Blue, a light blue color which was non-metallic in finish. "

https://www.kbs-coatings.com/engine-paint.html

http://www.hirschauto.com/ENGINE-ENAMEL/productinfo/EE-QUART/

http://www.frost.co.uk/por15-buick-turquoise-engine-enamel-paint-473ml.html

 

[pagrunt]

That shade might seem to turquoise but be faded from corprate blue years of heat, oil, dirt. Seems '77 up all engines was corprate blue.

 

[pontiacgp]

some more info...

"Don't look in the engine paint, this is regular car paint in a spray can. It will work fine, don't worry about it not being "high heat". I've driven the Skyhawk to full operating temperature many times since it was painted and it still looks great.

Here's a link to duplicolor's color match page where you can see the DSGM440 is a body color for the 1994 model year:http://duplicolor.anthonythomas.com/match2/match_maker.cgi . Here's a link to Auto Color Library: http://autocolorlibrary.com/cgi-bin/search/searchpic.pl?1994-gm-pg01.jpg . Look for paint code 43 on that page. It looks much more green than it shows on the last link, see my attachment in my last post for a good look at the color. I swear, it's right on the correct color."

 

[joesregalproject]

Are you sure turquoise is the right color for that year of engine?

I found this in a Buick forum....
"As far as the color, Buick used a metallic aqua color on their engines in 1975 and 1975 only. 1967 through 1974 it was Buick Red, 1975 was this odd ball one year metallic blue-aqua-greenish color and in 1976 they, as all other GM divisions, began using GM Corporate Blue, a light blue color which was non-metallic in finish.

It's definitely not a metallic, I'm certain of that.

That shade might seem to turquoise but be faded from corprate blue years of heat, oil, dirt. Seems '77 up all engines was corprate blue.

This is also a possibility. It might have turned 'greenish' from its original blue from heat, oil and grease staining it. I'm starting to think I'm gonna use Corporate Blue. I don't know why using the correct color is so important to me, but it is something my anal retentive mind won't let me get it wrong.

 

[MrSony]

I had the EXACT same question. I found that each brand of paint, PPG, Duplicolor, VHT, etc was different, so I went with a more teal/turquoise color. Looks beautiful in an all black engine compartment. Pictured is my engine all assembled, my engine in my Regal, and the Buick 350 Horsepower TV built using "GM Corporate Blue". My valve covers looked the exact same weird greenish blue that yours did. Why are '76 Buicks so popular? lol.

 

[joesregalproject]

I had the EXACT same question. I found that each brand of paint, PPG, Duplicolor, VHT, etc was different, so I went with a more teal/turquoise color. Looks beautiful in an all black engine compartment. Pictured is my engine all assembled, my engine in my Regal, and the Buick 350 Horsepower TV built using "GM Corporate Blue". My valve covers looked the exact same weird greenish blue that yours did. Why are '76 Buicks so popular? lol.

Wow that engine looks gorgeous! Which brand/color paint did you use? It looks fantastic!

 

[MrSony]

Wow that engine looks gorgeous! Which brand/color paint did you use? It looks fantastic!

Thank ya kindly. It's Duplicolor Torque 'N Teal Engine Enamel. Bought two cans from summit, like 7.50 a can. I still have 3/4 a can left over. I scrubbed the block down good, spent about 20 minutes blowing it dry with compressed air, then let it air out for about an hour (Lunch time 😀 ), this was in late spring mind you around May, two medium coats of high heat engine primer, and two thick coats of that paint. I let the first flash for about 10-20 minutes then a second coat. Waited an hour, fogged over any areas that looked lighter than the others due to the grey primer, and let it dry in a dry dust free place. I then used high heat engine clear coat over all of it. I wish I wouldve taken the pic with the new balancer on it, the old one looks so bleh. It was only on to give the front rope seal it's shape before installation into the car. From what I've read, your timing cover is garbage, TA performance makes a new one with all the oil pump goodies inside it already for 189.95+shipping. They will tell you you will need the timing tab and the different distributor hold down as well. Their HEI distributors are the best and cheapest around if you don't want to rebuild yours, that's whats in mine. Word of advice, you WILL need to notch the AC/Heater box to clear the valve cover, and get two 90 degree plug wires for #6 and #8. You'll thank me.

 

[joesregalproject]

Thank ya kindly. It's Duplicolor Torque 'N Teal Engine Enamel. Bought two cans from summit, like 7.50 a can. I still have 3/4 a can left over. I scrubbed the block down good, spent about 20 minutes blowing it dry with compressed air, then let it air out for about an hour (Lunch time 😀 ), this was in late spring mind you around May, two medium coats of high heat engine primer, and two thick coats of that paint. I let the first flash for about 10-20 minutes then a second coat. Waited an hour, fogged over any areas that looked lighter than the others due to the grey primer, and let it dry in a dry dust free place. I then used high heat engine clear coat over all of it. I wish I wouldve taken the pic with the new balancer on it, the old one looks so bleh. It was only on to give the front rope seal it's shape before installation into the car. From what I've read, your timing cover is garbage, TA performance makes a new one with all the oil pump goodies inside it already for 189.95+shipping. They will tell you you will need the timing tab and the different distributor hold down as well. Their HEI distributors are the best and cheapest around if you don't want to rebuild yours, that's whats in mine. Word of advice, you WILL need to notch the AC/Heater box to clear the valve cover, and get two 90 degree plug wires for #6 and #8. You'll thank me.

Great! Thanks for the advice. I actually was able to repair my timing cover quite nicely, which will be included in the update in my build thread as soon as I get some pictures. I plan on rebuilding my distributor, its in nice shape, and it will hook right up to my wiring harness I made. Plus it's a vacuum advance, which makes hooking it up easy 🙂