Dear fanatics of the 1965 Buick GS . . . . .
You guys are real
hard-core about originality. Alas, I have a story of engine paint that either will make you mad or sad. My trusty 1965 Buick Special wagon had her original engine (and thus paint color) until 1979. At that time the car had 98,000 miles and it sure looked like there was a leak of coolant into the cylinders. Most folks would have junked the car, but we loved our "Biquette" so we had the engine rebuilt. Dad wanted the engine painted Buick green, but what came back was . . . Chevy blue . .
Fast forward to 2001 and I was working in San Diego and occasionally driving home to the San Francisco Bay Area. This time Biquette was burning oil and she has over 125,000 miles on her rebuilt engine. My Dad had died by then so it was up to me to get this engine rebuilt correctly and so once more I strongly demanded that the engine be painted 1965 Buick green. What came back was . . . . once more . . . . Chevy blue . .
Forward another decade and the
"well built" rebuild of 2001 was showing "valve issuez." This time I got a Buick guy: Jim Weise to build me an engine. At least it was painted green, but honestly, it seemed like Jim ended up going a little light on the green pigment.
I've seen everything from a very clear green to a very dark green called 1965 Buick engine green.
Can you believe it? I can't really remember what Biquette's engine looked like before 1979 - I was only 18 at the time!
So, since this forum should have the most original of originality freaks . . . does anybody really know what was the actual 1965 Buick engine green? Is there a well-preserved sample somewhere, or are we all trying to judge from faded memories and faded paint?
Curious minds want to know!
Cheers, Edouard