> You got the block colour right (although the black always looks a bit
shiny
> when the leaking valve cover provides an oily coating). <g>
>
> As for the valve cover, my '79's was orange, sort of, but not quite, like
> US Chevy engine block orange. I have an original 1979 factory brochure
> that shows the orange valve cover, too.
Whoops! I made a very dangerous assumption they stayed black and silver
respectively - until the very end. I had left BL by '73. This was mainly
because
the BMC brigade had also infiltrated its way into Triumph and were doing
things
there which were causing many problems
John
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