RLDesign@aol.com wrote:
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> The engine color on all MGBs until about mid 1971 (18V engine series) was a
> deep red. On a '65 B, deep red is correct (Moss sells the exact shade), and
*** BTW, the MG engine paint that Moss sells has minimal hiding power. It's
wise to prepaint the engine with a more pedestrian red engine paint, and then
overcoat with the Moss stuff.
I was somewhat disappointed to find that nearly everything in the engine
bay was the same color! Apparently, MG painted the assembled engines as one
piece, as a cost cutting measure. And then installed them on the chassis.
Oh well, I guess we're lucky they didn't assemble them on the chassis and
THEN paint them :-).
- Jerry Kaidor
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