[Healeys] factory numbers, etc.

[Simon Lachlan]

Yes,
I never saw one that wasn't gold. 
When I was a kid(?) we all had pretty dodgy motors, mostly minis, and we
used to put Gold(coloured)seal engines in them as and when we blew the
originals. Usually put in bigger engines than we started with.
My 3000's gearbox is a) gold and b) has a plate on it to the effect that
it's a genuine rebuilt item. But I can't remember if it's a factory Goldseal
without looking at it.
Simon

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Sent: 21 October 2007 11:55
To: Alan Seigrist
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] factory numbers, etc.

Alan

I was based at BMC Service Cowley for a while in the early 1960s and can 
be 99.9% certain that Gold Seal Engines were exactly that. To have not 
painted them gold would have caused utter confusion.

Regards

>James -
>
>A few very early 100s had their engines painted a marine grey/blue
>color, and if I'm not mistaken factory replacement "gold seal" engines
>often were blue in color.
>
>Alan
>
>On 10/20/07, James  Shope <healeymanjim at hansencc.net> wrote:
>> does anyone know for certain whether the factory ever painted the
>> engine/transmission/od a blue color, and if not, why would a restoration
shop
>> do it?   healeymanjim
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