My recollection is that the TR series of engines were painted black. My
vanguard engine was black, and is now grey, by my hand. Bellhousing is
natural aluminum. And gearbox currently is red, again by my choice, but was
a color that I can't remember, originally.
I have several friends with Triumphs and their engines are/were black.
Bob Tescione
mogman@rpa.net
"Vandergraaf, Chuck" wrote:
> Hmm, the Standard Vanguard engine block in my '52 +4 is sort of cream
> coloured. Anybody else with a light-coloured engine? I suppose it could
> have been repainted by a previous owner.
>
> Chuck Vandergraaf
> '52 +4
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael D. Miles, PE [mailto:mdmiles@mdmpe.com]
> Sent: Wednesday August 16, 2000 3:42 PM
> To: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: TR Engine Colors - Revisited
>
> Having now reached the threshold of painting the block on my '61 +4
> (TR-3 motor) I went back to an earlier thread on this list (1996
> comments on engine colors) to do a bit of research. Sure enough I
> found as expected that black was the typical color for the TR-2,3,4
> engines.
>
> What threw me however is that in John Worralls book (Original Morgan
> 4/4, Plus 4 and Plus 8), he mentions that "the Vanguard block was
> painted black, whereas the Triumph engine was maroon.".
>
> The accompaning photos (pp 52, 53) show a TR-4 motor in black. I've
> decided on black anyway but I thought the contradiction to be a bit
> curious. Any further comments?
>
> The two other areas of color concern are the clutch bell housing
> (which appears a 'natural' metal finish in the photos) and the Moss
> gearbox housing. Any comments or suggestions?
>
> --
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