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Not sure where I should ask this but I have a 70 Cyclone Spoiler, I am doing some engine bay restoration, It has the 429 Cobrajet, what was the correct color of engine blue? I went to the auto part store and noticed 2 different ones, one was darker and said old ford blue the other was lighter?

Also what is the correct black for firewall and wheel well in engine bay? Flat black, low gloss :??

Thanks for any help......

 

BaneyR

I restored a '70 Spoiler with 429CJ in 1995. The color for the '70 429 is "Ford Corporate Blue", which is the darker blue color. The lighter ford blue is for the older big block "fe" series and early '60s engines. If you have the ram air option, the air cleaner base and filter element lid are blue, but the ram air top and flapper valve are semi-gloss black.
The firewall, inner and outer sides of fender aprons, shock towers, and radiator core support are painted semi-gloss black. The underside of the hood is painted body color. You can discover the color of the under floor pan and chassis by cleaning and scrubbing off the years of road grime. Mostly it should be painted a factory primer with some overspray from painting the body color. Any sound deadening material would have been oversprayed with the body color.
My Cyclone was the competition orange (kinda like pumpkin orange) with white interior. What is your color combo?
Wish I still had mine, sold it a few years back in Hawaii.
Ray Baney
Alice Springs
Australia