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Re: 1275 Midget engine color (was: MGB engine color)

To: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>,
Subject: Re: 1275 Midget engine color (was: MGB engine color)
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 97 16:44:58 -0400
On 10/11/97 7:43 PM so and so  Steve Byers said. (And I quote)

>Anybody know what the original color of the engine and valve cover for a
>'73 Midget was?
>
>Steve Byers
>Havelock, NC
>'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G  "OO NINE"
>'66 BJ8  HBJ8L/36666  "TARHEELY"
>'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
>"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool,
>than to speak, and remove all doubt."  -- Mark Twain
>Here I am at nearly 5 AM EDT And I think ... see above
Larry
>----------
>> >I'm getting my 76B's engine rebuilt and am trying to find out what color
>to
>> >paint it.  I'm pretty sure the original was black, but was it a glossy
>> >black or a flat black?  Was head, cover, and oil pan all same color? 
>How
>> >do you think hot pink would look in a blue body?
>> I believe the block and pan are black and the valve cover some sort of 
>> "Fire Engine Orange" But if Hot Pink yanks your crank - who am I to say?
>> 
>> Larry Macy
>> 78 Midget

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