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At a recent Cruise In there was a 57 Chevy 2 dr post All Original 1 family car. The owner said it was built in Flint. The engine was painted Green. He said this was a Canadian 6 cyl. Any thoughts?

If it was a Canidian car it would have been built in Canada.

From my experiance the Canadian 235 engines were the same blue as US cars.There are some "folks" on another Chevy Chat Site that think all 235's were green.The old blue some times turned green from old oil,etc.


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would assume, as chevgene, that a canadian 57 would have been assembled north of the border. can't elaborate whether the 235 might have been cast and machined in canada, shipped south and installed in a Flint built 57. But if the body was assembled in Flint, i'd call it USA-built 57. never seen a green 235 although as gene states, the blue tends to take on a greenish hue with age and chemical exposure. mike

Thanks Mike and Gene;

I did not think this statement was correct. Something just did not look correct. I think since the car was green the original owner painted the engine green to coordinate the colors. Or the original color turned green at Gene stated.

Thanks again

And yet... there is this darn page attributed to CCI that no one seems to agree with but it states that '57 sixes were green.
What color was it?

So CCI, is that a creditable source, a personal photo album and web page? is that proper documentation? Which "six cylinder engine"? A 235? or a 261? Or the one that was taken out of the 56 on the website? Which appears to be blue to me.

And yes we would tend to disagree with the information presented on the link.

When I worked in the Chevrolet dealership in 1957 the 235 passenger car engines were blue......In 1954 the 261 truck engine was green and changed to yellow in 1955 and up.The heavy duty 1955 and up 235 truck engines were green and the light duty (1/2-1 1/2 ton) were gray.

The above also agrees with Bob Hensels paint color list.

Thanks Gene for the clarification. Hope to see you in Sept in New Philly on the early 6 cyl tour!

I hope to be there

No silly, my old '56 engine was indeed blue and now the engine in there is orange.
That's just my web site/album where I posted the "What Color Was It?" info I scanned out of Tri-Five Chevy Handbook, by Jim Richardson so people could see what I was talkin' about.

CCI is Eckler's Classic Chevy International ... Classic Chevy International .
Maybe "we" don't know of them yet.
They might be a credible source (I've heard they are), but I agree, I never saw a green six in a '57 Chevrolet car either.
But somehow the question pops up every now and then. Just like it did on this post. And then you see published information that confirms same.
....Hmmm...

Ok warpwr,Silly old yourself,I would think any proper documation would have to be in a GM publication to be acceptable to anyone doing a proper restoration of a Chevrolet car. What did you put in the 56 a 265? or the like ones we see in almost every streetrod Chevys and F0RDS alike at the cruise nights at McDonalds the 350 - 350 combo?

CCI is Eckler's Classic Chevy International sounds like a streetrod vendor to me, certainly not a source of documentation for any VCCA member's restoration project.

By the way I have had a couple of trucks with a green engine and one with a Chartruse (yellow) engine from the factory, however they were all three 261 CI engines

i've been a member of the classic chevy club for years. it was always, to my knowledge, a for profit privatly owned club. there are quit a few very knowledgable mebers when it comes to shoebox chevys. i've also know of and dealt with Ecklers, one of the early producers of repo fiberglass panels for c-1 thru c-3 vettes. recently Ecklers bought the classic chevy club. The combo has a few knowledgable tech writers but the overall goal of the new company is to sell street-rod type productrs for the 55 thru 57 chevys.they are less interested in restoring old chevys. mike

As Mike says CCI is a private for profit company and their business is selling parts. They cater to all TRI 5 owners, stock, modified and others. They do possess a lot of good information and have been responsible (along with Don Trivett who is now deceased) for the reproduction of many TRI 5 parts. Since over 90 per cent of TRI 5's are modified its obivious they would cater to those owners.

DD

I haven't been cruisin' much since the 60's.
Thanks for asking though.
It's a '67 350HP 327, 5 speed Tremec and 3:70 posi.
Jim Meyer front suspension and all new Delray interior.
Frame off and rust free California built (August 22, 1956 Oakland, CA), Washington state car. I'm the second owner and have the original bill of sale. Just waiting for paint money, all else is done, it will be a black & white Delray clone. And it is my daily driver.
It will be just like the one I bought back in '63 (that one WAS a 265, 3 spd overdrive, Hurst Mystery shifter).
It'll look like the one in the picture except black wall tires, nut covers and beauty rims.

Below is my backup. If I was rich I'd have more and I wouldn't be doing this instead of working. I'd be golfing.

Very nice looking '56.....the other car is nice also what ever it is. :confused:

Yes, very good! looking cars, and a good choice of engine for your car. Just don't forget to drive the beauty a lot, that keeps them limber and spry!

Great car! I haven't seen a black and white '56 in a very long time.

Thanks guys.
The other car is an '02 SS Camaro, LS1 V8, last of the breed.

I thought it was a Camaro but the rear deck looked too short and the wheels thru me off.
Infact the whole car looked too short, may have been the camera angle.

All I can say is WOW you chevy guys are good when it comes to Chevy stats, Then what color is truck engine on a 1951 and a 1956.

The 1951 and 1956 truck engines were the old 1929-52 gray.In 1956 this includes the 235 and the small 265 V8.

Dang nice looking '56 Two-Ten. And with the Del Ray interior, it would be one of my ALL TIME favorites. And seriously rare in the black and white two-tone combo.

Congrats to you on a great looking '56!!!

Bill.