What Is The Best Brand For 1965 Pontiac Blue Engine Paint

Year &Engine Type Color Photo Comments 1982-up All Blackness Classic Industries Black 62060
Available at most local parts stores.
Aluminum engines are generally unpainted.
1977-1982 All GM Corporate Blue

Ames 1978-1981 Corporate Bluish FN411
Classic Industries GM Corporate Blue 62030
Duplicolor General Motors Blue DE 1608. Users report this is a good match to GM's original color.
Plasti-Kote GM Corporate Blue 221. Users written report this color does not friction match.
PPG/ Ditzler Blue 15159
VHT Paints GM Blue SP-135
Bachelor at most local parts stores.
Note that aftermarket GM blue usually varies from original GM blue. This has been confirmed past owners of original GM paint.
Information technology has been speculated that Pontiac L78 and W72 engines were painted a different blue, only checking these engines against genuine GM engine paint samples indicates GM corporate bluish is correct.
1975-early 1977
Pontiac V8
Oldsmobile V8
Metallic Blue

Classic Industries Strato Blue 62040
PPG/ Ditzler Blue Poly 14817* for Pontiac engine paint.
PPG/ Ditzler Blue Poly 2083* for Oldsmobile engine paint.
*Not known why the two above are listed as different paints.
Pecker Hirsch Auto Oldsmobile Metallic Blue 1966-On 455 CI' is reported to be a good friction match.
Ames 1975-1977 Pontiac Blue Metal engine paint FN410P, or N182TF, or PN431TF
At least one original looking February 1975 example has been found where the engine paint is a lighter non-metallic blue. If anyone has any data on an alternate 1975 Pontiac engine color, please contact me.
March xv, 1973 starting at
approx. engine number
532727
through 1974
Pontiac V8
Nighttime Blue

Used for all mid-73 thru 74 Pontiac engines including the 73-74 SD-455. Contrary to rumors and some magazine manufactures, the SD-455 did not have a unique colour. SD-455 engines were not released to product until Apr 1973. Any SD-455 engines congenital before March 15th would have been repainted in this darker blue (see beneath).

Colour has been matched from low mileage engine parts, and is available from a few suppliers in spray cans. Any paint shop tin custom mix it. PPG formula is at http://world wide web.angelfire.com/mi/jamos1/sdblueformula.html

PPG Delstar Acrylic Enamel				DuPont Spectramaster Blue 1 Centari v.0 SS BS112A
Mixing Color	Colour	Cumulative	Parts	Mixing Color	Color	Cumulative	Parts
DMR-400	White	218.one	218.ane	758S	Drier	11.five	eleven.v
DMR-410	Blueish	491.5	273.4	742A	Blue Dark-green	25.0	13.5
DMR-486	Yellow	568.1	76.half dozen	721A	Medium Xanthous?	56.4	31.4
DMR-490	Black	1076.5	508.4	700A	White	124.8	68.4
DMR-495	Catalyst	1096.8	20.iii	705A	Black	230.2	105.four

Classic Industries Slate Blue 62220 is supposed to be very close.
Ames 1973-1974 Pontiac Bluish engine paint FN401N, or N182TC, or PN431TC

Vendors that provide an wrong color for 73-74 are not listed.

Around March 15, 1973
Engine numbers approx.
532027 thru approx.
532727 and any SD-455
engines before 532727
Pontiac V8
Dark Blue painted over
Light Blue No Picture Per factory service bulletin number 73-T-21A: "Engines built subsequently March 15, 1973 starting with engine number 532727 had a revised emissions system (two thermal valves near the front of the intake manifold and no EGR solenoid) and were painted this color. In add-on virtually 700 engines before this number were retrofitted and repainted."

Engines that were already assembled when repainted volition evidence signs of the lighter blue in certain surface area and touched up black brackets to comprehend up over-spray. Some engines afterward # 532727 announced to accept besides been repainted according to one possessor.

If any SD-455 engines were manufactured earlier Apr 1973 they were nigh likely painted the color beneath and and so repainted the above color when emissions equipment was revised. One early SD-455 example indicates that the engine was partially repainted the darker blue while in the car. Nevertheless, factory documentation indicates production SD-455 engines were congenital afterwards the emissions change.

1971
until March 15, 1973
approx engine number
532027
Pontiac V8
Light Blueish

Ames FN410H
Classic Industries K89210 Teal/Light Blue, Old number was 62210
Functioning Years RPE481 Listed as 73-74. Not sure what colour it actually is.
VHT Paints Pontiac Blue SP-122
Pecker Hirsch Machine lists wrong color for these years!
PPG/Ditzler 14580 from paint charts at autocolorlibrary.com
Click Here for the mix formula from a GTOAA article.
PPG Delstar Acrylic Enamel Formula
Mixing Color Quart Formula
DMR-441 72
DMR-486    148
DMR-411    182
DMR-490    275
DMR-410    385
DMR-400    605
DMR-495       625
DMR-499 1025

The batch of SD-455 engines manufactured in Jan-Feb 1973 were most likely painted this color and then repainted the higher up color when emissions equipment was revised. Ane early example indicates that the engine was partially repainted the darker bluish while in the auto.

1966-1970
Pontiac 6 & V8
Lite Blueish Metallic

This color is well documented and listed in Pontiac master parts catalogs.
Ames PN431 or N182
Bill Hirsch Automobile Reported to be high quality paint.
Hirsch lists this is existence used through 1972 which is wrong!
Classic Industries Blue Poly 62200
DuPont 181-97219
Hi-TECH Engine Coating EN-57
Krylon/Dupli-ColorPontiac Blue Metallic DE 1616
Martin Senour Pontiac Blueish No. 636
Performance Years RPE482
Plasti-Kote 227
PPG/Ditzler 13255
POR-15 Pontiac Metallic Blue They recommend a silverish base coat first. Paint is reportedly difficult to apply, takes a long fourth dimension to dry and does not look exactly like the factory color. This colour is no longer listed on their website.
Rinshed-Mason 266T21
VHT Paints VHT-SP142 Pontiac Blueish Metallic
1959-1965
Pontiac V8
Light Blueish

This color is well documented.
Ames PN430, N181
Classic Industries 59-60 Sky Blue 62180*
Classic Industries 61-65 Turquoise 62190*
*Not known why the two above are listed as dissimilar paints.
DuPont 76981-D
DuPont93-76981
Krylon/Dupli-Colour DE-1610
Performance Years RPE480
Plasti-Kote 208
PPG/Ditzler 11561
Rinshed-Bricklayer 62-015
1957 Bonneville
all 1958
Pontiac V8
Turquoise Blueish

Bill Hirsch Auto Reported to be high quality paint.
Pontiac originally purchased this paint from a company called "Pontiac Paint and Glass", which no longer exists.
Very close to DuPont 4795-D
1956-early 1977
Canadian Pontiac
with Chevrolet V8* Chevy Orange

Between Baronial 23 and September 7, 1976, the Flint, Michigan Engine Assembly Plant changed the paint colors used on Chevrolet engines from orangish to blueish. Some early product 1977 Chevrolets were built with the orange painted engines.
Available at almost local parts stores
Duplicolor DE 1607 Chevrolet Orange-Reddish
PPG/ Ditzler 60339
1955-1957
Pontiac V8
Night Greenish

Years, engines and color not nonetheless verified.
1940-1954*
Pontiac L6 & L8*
Greenish

Years, engines and color not yet verified.
Color may have changed afterward WWII.
1930*-1939*
Pontiac L6 & L8* Aqua Green

Years and engines not nonetheless verified.
Beak Hirsch Automobile Reported to exist high quality paint.
I have a movie of a 1935 L8 engine which looks more like the 1940-up colour

1926*-1929*
Pontiac L6 & L8
1917?-1931
Oakland Light Green

Years, engines and color non nonetheless verified.
1930*-1932*
Oakland V8* Gray Grayness
1907-1908 2 cyl.
1909-1917 4 cyl.
1913-1917 6 cyl.
1916-1917 V-8
Oakland Years, engines and color not notwithstanding verified.