engine paint for Mercury 256


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By iowa fords - 15 Years Ago
Looking for a source for engine paint for a 1954 Mercury 256, Bill Hirsh is all I can find. Is there any thing else available ?

Iowa fords

By joey - 15 Years Ago
Summit sells an Oldsmobile Gold engine paint, I think it's POR-15, not sure how close it is to the gold Merc Y-blocks of back then.
By Hollow Head - 15 Years Ago
'54 Mercury block should be ivory?

http://www.y-block.info/enginecolor.html

By paul2748 - 15 Years Ago
Try Bill Hirsch in NJ. If its the ivory, I believe a Packard ivory is very close to the original color.
By Y block Billy - 15 Years Ago
I just found in one of my paint books the original engine color codes for engines back to 41, these are the PPG Ditzler code numbers, I don't know if they can be translated into a paint these days as most of the old paint numbers I give the mixers these days they appear to have no clue as to their meaning, their new system of making paint doesn't go back that far.

If need be I can get you the number tomorrow when I am at my shop. Personally, I would just go with the Bill Hirsh paint if you can get it. and yes it would be the Ivory for 54 merc.

By RB - 15 Years Ago
If you have the original Ditzler paint code, PPG maintains a paint archive and could match it to a modern formula.
By joey - 15 Years Ago
Hollow Head (11/27/2010)
'54 Mercury block should be ivory?

I thought it was a 1956. My mistake. Hehe

By iowa fords - 15 Years Ago
Thanks for all your efforts, I am pretty sure the 54 Merc engine was a green color.  I will go thru Bill Hirsh, Thanks again TOM