Lew,
"Fire-storm of controversy" might be putting it a bit strongly (!) but I do
remember the thread. I guess I have always wondered why Mike Allison was so
sure the engines were red when there are so many that appear to have been
green. Regardless, the results of your survey were a pretty definite
indication that green was used on a lot of engines; dare we surmise it had
something to do with the color the cars were painted, I wonder?
When I get to the restoration of my NB next year, it will be interesting to
see what color I find under all the grunge that covers that engine .....
Cheers,
Lawrie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
To: "'lawrie'" <lawrie@britcars.com>; "'Tom Metcalf'"
<mgtom@zoominternet.net>; "'J.E.A. Rich'" <mmmbob@adelphia.net>
Cc: <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: Annealing copper
Lawrie,
A year or two ago, I started a fire-storm of controversy by initiating a
survey asking: "If your Triple-M engine is/was painted, what is the color of
the lowest layer of paint you can find?"
The amazing answer that came back to me was that almost half of the
respondents indicated that a medium to dark green was used. A few indicated
blue, and the rest indicated red.
The objective was to answer the ago-old question and urban legend that red
was used on two-seaters, green on 4-seaters, and blue on racing engines. The
conclusions I reached were that either red or green was used
indiscriminately (never had an explanation or rationale as to why) and that
blue was not so much for racing cars, as much as it was used for "bespoke"
engines - those that had in some way been specially handled, modified, or
tuned. The color was so that upon final assembly, the bespoke engines could
be easily tracked.
I stand by my conclusions, but am willing to consider any other opinion.
Cheers,
Lew Palmer
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