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NORMFREEMAN · 10-08-2021, 12:02 PM

Need correct engine color for correct restoration. Norm

Bruce_MO · 10-08-2021, 12:27 PM

Red/Orange or "tangerine" for V8's and green if it was a 215 6-cylinder. There are a number of images on line if you google "1953 Ford engine color". I bought my v* paint from Bill Hirsch

petehoovie · 10-08-2021, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by NORMFREEMAN

Need correct engine color for correct restoration. Norm

Tinker · 10-08-2021, 11:38 PM

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Tangerine dream. Bronze would be neat.

From Vanpelts site:

Engine Colors:

As for original paint colors, the Ford and Mercury engines through 1940 were a dark green. Ford cars continued the color until 1942. Mercury engine had a dark blue color from 1941 thru 1948. Postwar Ford engines were dark blue thru 1948. Ford truck engines were generally the same as Ford cars during the years of this group.

Ford engines were generally dark blue in 1949 and changed to bronze in late '49 production through 1951. For 1952 and 1953 the Ford engine was either tangerine red or green. The Ford truck engines were red from 1948 through 1951, and then changed to green for 1952-53.

Mercury engines were green in color from 1949 through 1951. From 1952 to 1953 they were either green or tangerine.

10-08-2021, 12:02 PM	#1
NORMFREEMAN Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: LEVELLAND,TX. Posts: 15	1953 ford Need correct engine color for correct restoration. Norm

10-08-2021, 12:27 PM	#2
Bruce_MO Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 433	Re: 1953 ford Red/Orange or "tangerine" for V8's and green if it was a 215 6-cylinder. There are a number of images on line if you google "1953 Ford engine color". I bought my v* paint from Bill Hirsch

10-08-2021, 11:38 PM	#4
Tinker Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: MN Posts: 7,053	Re: 1953 ford Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Tangerine dream. Bronze would be neat. From Vanpelts site: Engine Colors: As for original paint colors, the Ford and Mercury engines through 1940 were a dark green. Ford cars continued the color until 1942. Mercury engine had a dark blue color from 1941 thru 1948. Postwar Ford engines were dark blue thru 1948. Ford truck engines were generally the same as Ford cars during the years of this group. Ford engines were generally dark blue in 1949 and changed to bronze in late '49 production through 1951. For 1952 and 1953 the Ford engine was either tangerine red or green. The Ford truck engines were red from 1948 through 1951, and then changed to green for 1952-53. Mercury engines were green in color from 1949 through 1951. From 1952 to 1953 they were either green or tangerine.