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53 Engine color/
  • Lee ODellLee ODell
    Posts: 1,831Platinum Member
    I recently acquired a 53 Twin-H engine. What is the correct color. The color on it now is a light blue.

    Lee O'Dell
  • 51hornetA51hornetA
    Posts: 2,338Platinum Member
    Gold. A lot of the JC Whitney engines were painted blue. Gold is the factory correct color.
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  • StillOutThereStillOutThere
    Posts: 420Gold Member
    What cubic inch??? The Jet 202s were RED, the Wasp 262s were SILVER, the Hornets were GOLD. Point is any of them could have Twin-H on them or for that matter it could be added to a 232 over the last six decades too. The 232 is silver also.
  • 53jetman53jetman
    Posts: 871Platinum Member
    1953 Jet engines were gold. The red engine paint did not show up until 1954 when all engines (202, 232, 262 & 308) were painted red.

    Jerry Bean
    HET Jet Technical Adviser
    Jerry
    email: HudsonJetman@mail.com
    2nd Generation Hud-Nut
    HET Tech Adviser on Hudson Jets 1953 & 1954
    HET Registrar of all Hudson Jets
  • StillOutThereStillOutThere
    Posts: 420Gold Member
    53jetman wrote:
    1953 Jet engines were gold. The red engine paint did not show up until 1954 when all engines (202, 232, 262 & 308) were painted red.

    Jerry Bean
    HET Jet Technical Adviser

    My mistake, Jerry, you are quite correct.
  • Lee ODellLee ODell
    Posts: 1,831Platinum Member
    It is 308 Twin H. It will look better gold.

    What's with the J.C. Whitney engine?

    Thanks all for the color info.

    Lee O'Dell
  • 51hornetA51hornetA
    Posts: 2,338Platinum Member
    JC Whitney took all of the surplus factory engines and sold them through their catalogue. These engines often shipped painted blue.
    1956enginejcw.jpg
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  • WildWaspWildWasp
    Posts: 412Platinum Member
    [attachment=10864]55HUDSONCRATERELACEMENTENGINE.jpg[/attachment]

    Note the blue paint on the pictured engine. In the 1970s Hudson engines whose origin was JCW could be found on irrigation well heads in Nebraska.
    55HUDSONCRATERELACEMENTENGINE.jpg
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  • MikeWAMikeWA
    Posts: 1,440Platinum Member
    [attachment=10868]slvrstrkengine.jpg[/attachment]
    Red can look kinda nice, too- in the proper surroundings.
    slvrstrkengine.jpg
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  • Lee ODellLee ODell
    Posts: 1,831Platinum Member
    Mike (WA) wrote:
    [attachment=10868]slvrstrkengine.jpg[/attachment]
    Red can look kinda nice, too- in the proper surroundings.

    Yes it does. The engine in my 64 El Camino is red. I like it better than Chevy Orange. Your engine looks great. I quess the builder of my engine liked blue. It looks like the same color blue an the one in the cradle.

    What I'd give if JC Whitney still had some. What a deal.

    Lee
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