Kenworth Engine Colours

A curly one for the experts.
What colour were Detroits in the early sixties Kenworths.
Many say Alpine Green was the only colour GM's / Detroits were painted however many OEM's had engines painted to suit their machines ie Detroits in Inters were red.
I have seen in the flesh and in pictures early sixties Seattle Kenworths with white Detroits.
Does anyone have some facts ?

Basil

Well Basil...
I think the true fact of the matter is....
You need to relieve yourself of any further trauma and just continue, straight past go, do not even worry about collecting the $200..
Get down to your local Interland, would be supplier of pretested, premium draught horse sized shootin irons and get yourself fitted out with a beige Cummins.

chocs

Put a Cummins in I would be able to hear my passengers....
not always desirable

Chocs, they were red in a 4300 Tramcar.

Mate of mine did his apprenticeship at DETCO, he used to have to go the White factory for the GM start ups and he told me White used to paint all the GM's they used that lime green colour, straight over the GM green.
Doesn't help you though Baz.

re engine colour


kw mid 60,s painted both cummins and detriot a
dull white similar to cummins marine white only exceptions were caterpillar which were yellow and 903 cummins which stayed charcoal and in the u.s
allis chalmers engines were purple



white and autocar painted detriots a colour similar to Euclid green cummins though remained cummins fawn for inline engines , 903,s were charcoal


ihc painted both cummins and gm a deep oxblood red

the fully imported r 200 with the c180 were red as was the nh engines in the transtars and dcf - dco,s
columbus built c160.c175, c180 fitted to oz built ab184,s were cummins gold
later c and d line inters had locally assembled c series cummins and these engines were painted fawn as was the v8 185- 210 in the accos

...good info there binder....cheers mate

im sure there were exceptions? I think from memory the s models that were imported by ed Cameron had gm green 6v and 8v/71,s

...yes binder the early/mid 60's Kenworths in Australia, up till at least late 1965 had the pea green colour...

...also the early/mid 60's Peterbilts we had out here originally came out with that ''caramel'' industrial yellow colour, but they also may have gone to that dirty white later in the model range....as described by the Peterbilt sales blurb...

There may B ovr 100 V: of the GM Alpine green


GM Alpine green
www.art-paints.com/Paints/Spray/Orr-Lac/...GM-Alpine-Green.html

Clikity ............... ClikClikClik

the earl eye imported Kenworth trucks Gm powered were Alpine Green
early 70's GM changed name to Detroit
the engines were mostly painted white supplied to Kenworth
the 92 series supplied to KW were white n L8R modified engines were green B 4 they eventually were silver to represent the L8est technology the Silver 92 series
But
EyeDoSt&2BCorrected!
cya

Well after working on mine all week they should have been painted black.The eco friendly green thing is a con.As for white ,they have to be kidding. > >