Thanks for the authoritative response. I will archive it properly.
Cheers.
Dave
In a message dated 4/30/2013 12:54:47 PM Central Daylight Time,
flywheelcoventry1@yahoo.co.uk writes:
> I can't comment on block colours post 1972 for any car out of
> Standard-Triumph but from 1946 until that date, they were (mainly) black.
> Exceptions
> were on the small 4 cylinder which for a while were painted in gold. This
> was the famous Gold Star engine that appeared in about 1957 on the Standard
> Eight and Ten saloons. Gold continued for a while on the valve covers of the
> same engine until the company was eventually able to get out from under
> the paint contract it had signed with Pinchin and Johnson for later models of
> the Ferguson tractor which was sold in Grey with a gold engine block and
> skidded unit. The company was obliged to run with the contract for some
> years after the tractor business was sold to Massey Harris. All that to one
> side, factory reconditioned engines that were offered to the UK and European
> dealer network and done by Beans Industries (a group company) were painted a
> 'yucky' blue that wasn't too dis-similar from Ford Blue. I greatly doubt
> any of this engines ever got to your side of the pond as their release was
> entirely dependent on good usable core units being available to rebuild.
> AFAIK, Stag and Slant 4 engines were all black with silver valve/cam covers.
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