Even the red colors varied. Back in late 1968 the guy that lived two houses from us got a new '69 Dart with a 340. The water pump started seeping in the spring of 1970 and he knew he could talk me into changing it for him. The new pump was raw cast iron so I asked him to get a can of the correct red paint. He got it from the local Dodge dealer with the part number right on the can. I painted the pump but when I went to put it on it was considerably more orange than the engine. My dad was working on a Farmall tractor at the time so I thought I would see if his International Red was closer to correct. I repainted the pump and installed it. The International Red was almost a perfect match to that engine.
