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Old Jan 1, 2006 | 12:52 PM
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Did Ford have both grey and blue painted engine's in the 90's on the 300-6??
 
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Old Jan 1, 2006 | 01:11 PM
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my 95 is grey.

wish i could tell you what the other 300s i've worked on were painted, but we only seem to get chevys at the shop, and they are all just rusty color.
 
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Old Jan 1, 2006 | 11:55 PM
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my 93 is rust...the new one i bought was painted black...doesn't answer your question but i thought it was interesting
 
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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All new blocks are painted either red or black, depending on the company that you buy from. They don't paint with factory colors anymore. I think its because most of the people working on these engines don't know the year and the color schemes.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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My '76 is blue. My '84 was grey. I think I read somewhere that they changed from grey to blue in '83. Brian
 
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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 04:37 PM
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Oops, sorry, I meant to say blue to grey.
 
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I believe n9lhm is correct. My 82 F100 has the blue paint. My dads 92 and my 95 have the grey. Sounds like 1983 was the year for the change from blue to grey.
 
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Ok,Guy's reason i asked was because i got a boneyard motor out of a 92 150 which i saw the truck 92 that motor came from . I have a 92 150 which i bought new and motor is that grey paint. Also a 351 windsor that's same grey paint. Thinking maybe bone motor was out for somthing and they repainted blue. I will check casting #s Thanks
 
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I've seen a lot of these motors in wrecking yards... Not from motors being blown either...

1982 and older Blue paint.

1983 newer Grey paint.

From my observations....
 
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umm.... My 84 has Blue paint.
 
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the paint on my '85's block is GREY
 
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Hottanked block cyl. head,valve cover and oil pan. Painted with Dupli-color Ford engine blue b4 assenbly 5yrs ago.Paint is still perfect today
 
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89, grey here
 
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