abodyjoe
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No pics then there is no proof. I still say it was either an older block or beat to hell blue. It’s mistaken all the time like that. So is the red. When that’s all neat to hell it looks orange.
Original engine colors??????
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Not going to argue it. Not that important to me.
1969dartfeve
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Here’s a pic of my 1969 Dart Swinger built April 22nd .. the previous owner told me he rattle caned the valve covers etc and told me the block has always been “RED”
Not the best pic but NO sign of blue at all
Not the best pic but NO sign of blue at all
Tbone416
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Do you know if it was a 340 or 318?
1969dartfeve
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It’s a factory documented # matching 340 4-spd Swinger I’m the 2nd owner
Tbone416
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Thanks for your post
I can tell you this... I have been in the car business since the mid 80s and have seen things like Dodges come in with plymouth grills because the factory was short on the Dodge grill... and so forth... I hardly believe that in 1969 the factories were so strictly regulated that they wouldnt use what ever paint they had on hand due to supply or timing.
If the 69 Engines needed to get done and all they had was some left over 68 red ...they painted it red.... Or maybe the decision to go Turquoise hadnt been made till a few weeks into production Mopar was not going to repaint the already produced engines.
We just got the new 2019 Acura RDX with Apple Carplay and Android Auto. Guess what ? No Android Auto ! had a compatability problem.... No one told us ! I spent 45 mins trying to get an Android to work ! It will be out soon...
Things are still fluid in the factory.
Cars get delivered with stop sales because of a component issue. Then they ship to updated component and we install it here. The production line must keep moving.
If the 69 Engines needed to get done and all they had was some left over 68 red ...they painted it red.... Or maybe the decision to go Turquoise hadnt been made till a few weeks into production Mopar was not going to repaint the already produced engines.
We just got the new 2019 Acura RDX with Apple Carplay and Android Auto. Guess what ? No Android Auto ! had a compatability problem.... No one told us ! I spent 45 mins trying to get an Android to work ! It will be out soon...
Things are still fluid in the factory.
Cars get delivered with stop sales because of a component issue. Then they ship to updated component and we install it here. The production line must keep moving.
Like this???????!I bet we can drag this topic out 37 more posts. I say paint it black like the Chevy guys do. They have their act together.
Curious... what is the casting date ?
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I was wondering about the month... I can easily see engines being completed and painted before the new color change came into effect. Or extra 68 engines being used for the first run of 69 cars.
What was the build month of your car ?
The fender tag decodes to Dec 13th. The front of the engine decodes to Friday Dec 20th 1968.
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Interesting.... I figured it might be a Aug or September build. That kinda shoots down my theory of it being a really early build .
draginmopars
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2-23-69 Dart 273 red
HemiSSDart
Dartus Interuptus
Well it should have a RED pie tin, so that is completely wrong too...
HemiSSDart
Dartus Interuptus
Yeah, the end of 273 production could be any color. I had a 69 Dart GT convertible with a corporate blue engine, can't remember the build date as the car ended up getting crushed by the next owner..
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