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Originally Posted by theastronaut
Overspray on the bellhousing would be a good way to tell the original color, if it has overspray there. I've read that '66 Suburbans with 327's had blue engines, and have seen a couple pictures of different blue valve cover. But it was blue, not teal.
327green:
Suburban 327 blue:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=525379
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I thought I better explain my reasoning , John , for my doubts on the Blue paint on Suburban engines VS regular trucks. I have a large collection of Chevrolet literature , parts books, truck DATA books etc. What I'm getting at is , there is a letter suffix stamped in all of these engines. None of these engine suffixes are unique to only Suburban meaning the same 283 or 327 powerglide engine combination for instance, will share the same suffix code in a 10 or 20 series pickup , short bed, long bed, suburban or Panel truck . Nothing here is unique to Suburban only. Nothing on the engine is unique to a body style in this exact suffix application. The color of a given engine had to do with engine , not body style in 1960-1966 trucks , yes they were different from Cars. It also has nothing to do with the body assembly plant as these engines were painted at the engine assembly plant and shipped.