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Thread: Fram Orange, is it Chevy Engine or Allis-Chalmers?

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    Fram Orange, is it Chevy Engine or Allis-Chalmers?

    I’m getting around to buttoning up my engine after blowing a head gasket on my CJ3B. It occurred to me while I had so much stuff off of it, I should repaint what I can. I sort of feel like a kid putting a model kit together. So, the engine color (for the head) was easy: Ford Engine Red. Rocker arm cover, oil filter cover & bracket and air filter: High Temp Gloss Black.

    So that leaves the Fram oil filter body. What do you think, Chevy Engine or Allis-Chalmers Orange?

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    The Allis flambeau orange is closer then the Chevy hugger orange.

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    Terrible pun, Oil filter color

    Quote Originally Posted by Nemo von Klepper View Post
    I’m getting around to buttoning up my engine after blowing a head gasket on my CJ3B. It occurred to me while I had so much stuff off of it, I should repaint what I can. I sort of feel like a kid putting a model kit together. So, the engine color (for the head) was easy: Ford Engine Red. Rocker arm cover, oil filter cover & bracket and air filter: High Temp Gloss Black.

    So that leaves the Fram oil filter body. What do you think, Chevy Engine or Allis-Chalmers Orange?
    You asked ... Allis

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    Now I'm going to have Iron Butterfly playing in the back of my mind. Worse things could happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gmwillys View Post
    Now I'm going to have Iron Butterfly playing in the back of my mind. Worse things could happen.
    I think that might be Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane. Iron Butterfly was inagaddadavida. HA, now you will have both songs in your head!

    I use Chevy Engine orange. It is real close.
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    Thanks all. I ended up going with Allis. It’s sort of like archeology cleaning the thing up, near as I can tell it’s been painted twice since original.

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    That's a beauty! I do like the Zombie green.

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    I’m just getting it ready as a “Zombie Apocalypse Response Unit” vehicle.
    Various colors is why we called it “Frankenjeep”:
    Neon green, school bus yellow, aqua metallic, primer grey, primer red, chassis black, and now Ford red and Allis-Chalmers Orange, ��

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    An UnJeep Color

    Rumor has it that you considered another color scheme for the CJ .....

    "For example, if I suggested we paint the 3B "Tropical Rose" with "Coral Mist" wheels just to get her to go along with it, I'd get stuck with a violet & pink jeep."

    Just don't suggest Teal seatcovers.



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    I am crying I am laughing so hard. It almost seems like you could be describing all the colors of the rainbow LarrBeard!

    Ya gotta love a "heartless bunch" who can dish it out and eat it too!

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