Correct engine color for 1969 Dart 340 Swinger? [POLL]

Correct engine color for 1969 Dart 340 Swinger?

  • Turquoise

    Votes: 22 57.9%

  • Orange

    Votes: 4 10.5%

  • Both?

    Votes: 9 23.7%

  • Red

    Votes: 3 7.9%
  • Total voters
    38
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I've seen 340's in turquoise and in orange. So which is factory correct?

Turquoise:
engine turquoise.jpg


Orange:
engine orange.jpg
 
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Some say the very early production '69s could have been red, too- as they used up leftover '68 inventory...
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but haven't seen it myself.
 
According to Galen's book, 69 dodge 340's were blue and Plymouth 340's turquoise. Never had a 69.
 
I bought a very-slightly used '69 Swinger 340 in November 1969 and the engine was turquoise. I never particularly liked the color.
 
I have a picture of the engine in my '69 Dart Swinger 340, from back then, it's not blue Galen. Turquoise. I worked at a Dodge dealership then, never saw a blue 340.
That '67 car in primer is one of the 50 factory cars, originally Ferris Motors from Savanna, IL.
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My brand new 69 cuda 340 and my present 69 cuda 340 (2-26-69) -Turquoise. I've seen one cuda 69 340 Blue motor with a/c and a dealer installed sun roof which was for sale 12 years ago in San Diego. I thought he was/is a member here. I've also seen a 2 or 3 red ones
 
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Maybe the "Galen" blue is like the dodge "red" that looks orange (at least 54 years later)
 
Everyone I owned was turquoise and I couldn't even to begin to count them all. We have owned several since 1969 since . All of our 70's were orange.
 
The first two 69s I worked on were red and I was a little bit surprised when I started seeing that the normal color for 69 were blue/turquois. They were definately a different color (more blue) than the turquois used on big blocks.
 
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