The 1275 that came in my bugeye was orginally a light metallic green
color, which appeared to be original. According to the engine serial
number, it had come from a '71 midget. I repainted the engine with a can
of mowog green paint form Minimani (had a moss number on it), however,
since I needed to respray my block again later, and I was out of paint,
I got another can from MM that was different, and the green is a bit
lighter in color.
Bryan
"Paul A. Asgeirsson" wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Interesting bit on the engine colors. I just got through looking at
> Horlers book and it looks like all 948 and 1098 engines were painted the
> green that is the same as Morris engines. With the exception of the 12V,
> 1275 engines were all the "Healey Green" type of color, which is sort of a
> metallic green. The 12V 's were all painted black.
>
> So it looks like there were at least three colors of engines in the
> Spridget group. The early green color I stock in spray cans in Enamel.
> There was a variation in this color as I suspect that they mixed it in 55
> gallon drums, first thing Monday Morning and they really were not into
> accurate measurements or they couldn't read the formula that early in the
> week!
>
> Paul A
>
> FROM: "John D'Agostino", INTERNET:jdagostino@mediaone.net
> TO: "WFO Herb", INTERNET:froggi@cdsnet.net
> CC: Spridgets, INTERNET:spridgets@autox.team.net
> DATE: 2/13/01 3:46 PM
>
> Re: Re: Engine Paint
>
>
> Bill Hirsh has excellant engine enamels. Either by the spray bomb or
> quarts.
> I've bought quarts to spray the big items, then use a brush for touch up.
> Flows really well with minimum brush marks. Try a foam brush.
> http://www.hirschauto.com/home.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "WFO Herb" <froggi@cdsnet.net>
> To: "Keith Ickes" <kickes@IR.ColoState.EDU>
> Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Engine Paint
>
> > Try Eastwood
> >
> >
> >
> > Keith Ickes wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know a source for aerosol spray cans of Healey Green engine
> paint?
>
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