Projects Chevy Orange?

I have a small block Chevy 350. I am in the process of tearing it down then I want to rebuild it. I need to clean the block then paint it. I would like to brush the paint on. thinking of using Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer then the color. Does anyone know if Rustoleum Sunrise Red is close to Chevy Orange? Or does anyone know some good hardware store brushable paint to use? I have Allis Chalmers orange. Not sure if that is close to Chevy Orange.

All help is greatly appreciated.

 

Dupli-color is good stuff!...

 

Close enough

 

Maybe the look you want

 

This ain’t no resto site.
Paint whatever shade of whatever color you like.
I used kubota orange. It was free. Looked great.
Rusty metal primer is for rusty metal.

 

Another option is Ford Blue

 

I've done the same as Mark, I used POR 15 Thunderbird Red on the engine in my Ford and Chevy Orange on the inline in my Chevy. Brushes out nice and smooth and has a high solid count. Gives a real real nice finish that hold up excepionally well. Go for it, you dont need primer either. OH, I also used their manifold paint on my exhaust manifold and baked it in my gas grille ( DONT tell my wife) its been on for atleast 10 years now and still looks good.... Mitch

 

There's Chevrolet Orange-Red (what your can is) and Chevrolet Orange. Dupli-color makes both and they're different colours that often confuse people. The straight Chevrolet Orange is what most people are after. For us nostalgia guys, Orange-Red is more likely it.

Orange-Red is darker.

 

I’ve brushed oil based enamel that looks as good or better than sprayed.

 

Yep.

but I’ll clean the block and heads as soon as they’re out of the machine shop and epoxy prime. Then build. Much easier to clean all the oil from assembly with the epoxy on it.
Then use automotive or industrial enamel with a hardener.

 

And if Anthony painted it, I'd drive it.

 

If you really want to be trad

 

Yep! Build a 400 sbc and tell the world its a 265.....

 

Looks too yellowish to me.

 

Flathead Red is close to Chevrolet Orange.

 

I missed this part earlier. Color looks good to me.

 

I just grabbed the best image I could find.

 

Up in Santa Clarita Ca. I gave a high schooler all the shift linkage so he could hook up his 3 on the tree on his 4 door hard top 57. He dropped in a 350 and painted like this.

 

I hate Chevy orange, I may paint the 283 in my GMC this same chartruse

 

Sorry you have to see this then.
This is the car the linkage came from after engine and trans swap.

 

That one looks good! Is it actually satin?
So many of them just look cheap including the one on my stand! Typical "smaltz paint over everything including the bolts"

 

I convinced a white hat Dodge Boy racing buddy to change the color of his SBC from black to fast chevy orange before bolting it in his chevy gasser, so he painted it Hemi orange and thought no one would notice

 

Kubota

 

Nice

 

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