Since no-one else jumped in (at least publicly) let me ask, Enrique, what
books you have been reading?
All MGA and MGB engines - both block and cylinder head - were painted a dark
red up through the 18GK engines.
When the 18V was introduced, the factory had lost the good deal they had on
the red paint but found a source of really cheap black paint so they changed
to black. However, they found they had to use the strange, orange primer
under it to make it stick.
Despite what you read somewhere, as they had no more red paint, they were
unable to paint the heads red and the blocks black (they left that odd
combination to Ferrari.)
Lawrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Enrique Claure <span@datacom-bo.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, October 24, 1998 3:05 PM
Subject: Block Painting
>Hi MGers, I plan to paint my block 77B and would like some advise. I
noticed
>that the engine is originaly black painted over a sort of orange. Should I
>remove the black and orange paint? Is the orange maybe powder coated as
>protection? this seems a bit weired to me. From what I have read the 77B
has
>a black block and maroon valve head? Thanks Enrique
>Enrique Claure
>PO BOX 777-TOP 196
>MIAMI FL 33152
>E-MAIL span@datacom-bo.net
>
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