I'm building a 1969 olds 442 w30 and I can't figure out what color all the engine and things are i've found some blue ,gold , orange . I know that its a 400 olds engine . Any help would be appreciated

In '69, the 4-4-2's(400ci-4BBL/4Spd(if manually equipted)-Dual Exhaust) Blocks were painted Oldsmobile Bronze, which is like a Redish Orange Metallic Color(Model Masters Bronze is very close).... Oldsmobile painted its Rocket 350's Gold in '69, and those are what was found in the Cutlass S' and W-31 Option Cutlass'.... The Only time an engine was Painted Blue in '69, was when it was placed in another Model ie Delta 88's/ Regency 98's..... Even then they were 350R's and not 400's.... The Toro 455's were also painted Bronze, to Identify the Larger CID....

Thank you . One more thing what color is the air cleaner please ?

When I built my '69 4-4-2, I found that Poly-S Copper was the closest match I could find to the Olds engine bronze-gold color.

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When I built my '69 4-4-2, I found that Poly-S Copper was the closest match I could find to the Olds engine bronze-gold color.

Yeah I have seen that with other Builds, even some fullsize ones... GM was Odd when they had PPG do alot of their colors back in the 50/60's-80's... Most of the Colors from the 60's-70's were pretty much lost, until todays Color Matching Technology came about... For the longest time, Resto Builders of the 80's-90's were out of luck when it came to having the proper colors for their builds, as PPG Lost their half of the Info during a Fire, and GM basically got rid of the majority of their half, along with some of what they had kept was damaged in a Flood during the 70's(Heard that from a PPG Specialist Instructor, when I was going through some of their Trainning back in '94)... As for the Air-Cleaner Chewy, W30 Ram Air cars recieved Semi Gloss Black Dual Snorkel Assemblies, with Flat Black Ducting going to the inlets mounted under the front bumper.... If it was a Standard Optioned Non W30 442, the Aircleaner would have a single snorkel, and painted the Orangish Red Color.... W30 models also generally recieved Orangish Red Fiberglass inner fender wheel wells, to denote the Drag Pack Option....

thank you very much guys.

I used testors copper.Not perfect but it was good for me.I did this based on a car I found on the net.Here is the link.Lots of good pics. Hope it helps.

http://www.aps2k.com/dougscar/w30.htm