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EV2 HEMI Orange (Dodge) / TorRed (Plymouth)

1970–1972 high-impact saturated orange. Dodge sold it as HEMI Orange; Plymouth as TorRed (one word, no hyphen).

color swatch

#D94325

closest-approximation hex from the vocab. Real factory paint shifts under the sun and after fifty years; treat the chip as a starting point, not a match.

chemistry & process

Single-stage acrylic enamel chemistry

ForMatter holds the chemistry, application process, restoration paths, and where-to-buy for this paint generation. Plenum holds the codes; ForMatter holds the matter.

paint-supplier cross-references

  • Ditzler / PPG 71524Per mymopar.com paint chart.
  • DuPont 5070

Historic Ditzler / DuPont / PPG cross-references. Brand reformulations and supplier-side renumbering happen — verify against the current chart at your paint store before mixing.

EV2 is one of the canonical 1970 Chrysler high-impact colors. Per Dodge Garage's retrospective on the program, Dodge marketed it as HEMI Orange (capitalized) and Plymouth as TorRed (one word, no hyphen). Same paint formulation, two divisional marketing words. Production span 1969–1972, with 1973 being the last B-body appearance in tiny volumes.

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