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mikebh



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:17 pm    Post subject: engine paint Reply with quote
need advice please , the engine from our 1969 mk2 cortina 1600e is painted blue . apparently because its a replacement 711m engine. but for an original restoration do we paint it blue or black as it would have come out of the factory? Question
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you paint it blue everyone will tell you it's not the correct colour even though it is, so it could make for a conversation point. If you paint it black everyone will just look and think it was meant to be black Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd stick with blue. Like with an Austin or a Morris, if it had a Goldseal replacement engine, I'd leave it painted gold.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
thanks for the advice guys i think blue would be best.
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Jim.Walker



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rick wrote:
I'd stick with blue. Like with an Austin or a Morris, if it had a Goldseal replacement engine, I'd leave it painted gold.

Rick


I'd agree with Rick. My old Austin hire car has a BMC gold seal engine on which the cylinder head was faulty. BMC supplied a replacement painted red. The car ran for years with the engine in those colours, so when I did strip it and overhaul it I painted it the same.
Does that make it a Testa Rossa??
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