Orange was Chevys V8 engine color up till the very late 70's. They became blue along with all other GM engines about the time GM got sued for putting Chevy engines in Oldsmobile cars. After that crap, GM painted them all that blue color and the paper work with a new car stated that "this GM Veichle has a GM engine made by various GM divisions". By the time GM painted the 454's blue, the valve spring and valve seal problems were pretty well worked out and they were a reliable engine that used very little oil, but swilled gas at about 10 mpg. The price you pay for a 450 CI engine in a 6000 pound pickup. Was that "no traction" pickup a 2 wd ?
With a 700+ pound 454 setting over non powered front wheels, they had little traction in mud or snow, especially a dual wheel rig.
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