Message text written by "John Macartney"
>Dave - the point I was trying to make was that engine blocks were
segregated between Vanguard, TR - and probably tractor engines as
well, regardless of the market in which they ended up. Casual
identification with painted or chalked numbers was not to segregate
engines for TR or Vanguard for the US market in isolation. It was to
identify which build line took which bare block. In those days there
was no fundamental engine difference as in later years. Painted engine
ID's appeared periodically on UK domestic and other export market
power units as well.
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Yes, that is understood. Perhaps I should further explain my intent. My
comment about the precious few saloons has resulted in us Colonists
forgetting about the actual existance of the saloons and the comon parts
they share.
Dave
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