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Re: Engine Paint

To: Wiedemeyer <boxweed@thebest.net>
Subject: Re: Engine Paint
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 11:11:24 -0800
Cc: type79@ix.netcom.com, spridgets list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Organization: WFO Racing
References: <009501c0968e$919a39e0$6f7b503f@default>
We never know about such stories, but here's one... first hand.

While attending the Healey meet in Grants Pass, Oregon in '96 my son and I were
looking and taking pictures of a number of big Healeys.  A lady standing next to
Dustin said "there are so many beautiful cars here.  But you know, my favorite
is the cute little red Frogeye on the end."  That "Frogeye" happened to be our
car... FROGGI.  And the lady turned out to be Margot Healey.  So you never
know....

This was an event dedicating a memorial plaque to Geoffrey Healey in Schroeder
Park there in Grants Pass.  Which, by the way, is where this years "Healey
Rendezvous 2001" is being held.  And, where I hope to meet up with about six of
my fellow list members.

Herb

Wiedemeyer wrote:

> Yeah, this sounded like BS to me, too!
>
> Bob
>
> >So DMH was overseeing production at Abingdon?
> >jf
> >
> >Mike Maclean wrote:
> >
> >> List,
> >>      There is a story that was related to me about Healey engine colors.
> It
> >> goes: a judge of concours was was telling an entrant that the hue of
> green for
> >> his Healey engine was the wrong shade. A mustachioed man watching this
> exchange
> >> tapped the judge on the shoulder and asked him how he knew that it was
> the
> >> wrong shade.  The judge replied that he had seen many Healeys and was an
> expert
> >> in such matters.  The mustachioed man replied that he thought that he was
> more
> >> of an expert on the engine colors since he was Geoff Healey.  He went on
> to say
> >> that some days they would run out of paint and his father would send him
> out to
> >> the hardware store for more, so the shade was not always exactly the same
> and
> >> it wasn't always the same kind of paint!  Needless to say the "judge" did
> not
> >> have much of a comeback for this.
> >> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> >>
> >> "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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> >> > Message-ID: <00c101c095fb$7ae91740$6702f888@ultratech.com>
> >> > From: "John D'Agostino" <jdagostino@mediaone.net>
> >> > To: "WFO Herb" <froggi@cdsnet.net>
> >> > Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >> > References: <200102131833.LAA10833@lucerne.obia>
> >> >   <3A898DC3.8DFD1C1C@cdsnet.net>
> >> > Subject: Re: Engine Paint
> >> > Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:26:42 -0500
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