Yeah, this sounded like BS to me, too!
Bob
>So DMH was overseeing production at Abingdon?
>jf
>
>Mike Maclean wrote:
>
>> List,
>> There is a story that was related to me about Healey engine colors.
It
>> goes: a judge of concours was was telling an entrant that the hue of
green for
>> his Healey engine was the wrong shade. A mustachioed man watching this
exchange
>> tapped the judge on the shoulder and asked him how he knew that it was
the
>> wrong shade. The judge replied that he had seen many Healeys and was an
expert
>> in such matters. The mustachioed man replied that he thought that he was
more
>> of an expert on the engine colors since he was Geoff Healey. He went on
to say
>> that some days they would run out of paint and his father would send him
out to
>> the hardware store for more, so the shade was not always exactly the same
and
>> it wasn't always the same kind of paint! Needless to say the "judge" did
not
>> have much of a comeback for this.
>> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>>
>> "Paul A. Asgeirsson" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > Interesting bit on the engine colors. I just got through looking at
>> > Horlers book and it looks like all 948 and 1098 engines were painted
the
>> > green that is the same as Morris engines. With the exception of the
12V,
>> > 1275 engines were all the "Healey Green" type of color, which is sort
of a
>> > metallic green. The 12V 's were all painted black.
>> >
>> > So it looks like there were at least three colors of engines in the
>> > Spridget group. The early green color I stock in spray cans in Enamel.
>> > There was a variation in this color as I suspect that they mixed it in
55
>> > gallon drums, first thing Monday Morning and they really were not into
>> > accurate measurements or they couldn't read the formula that early in
the
>> > week!
>> >
>> > Paul A
>> >
>> > FROM: "John D'Agostino", INTERNET:jdagostino@mediaone.net
>> > TO: "WFO Herb", INTERNET:froggi@cdsnet.net
>> > CC: Spridgets, INTERNET:spridgets@autox.team.net
>> > DATE: 2/13/01 3:46 PM
>> >
>> > Re: Re: Engine Paint
>> >
>> >
>> > Bill Hirsh has excellant engine enamels. Either by the spray bomb or
>> > quarts.
>> > I've bought quarts to spray the big items, then use a brush for touch
up.
>> > Flows really well with minimum brush marks. Try a foam brush.
>> > http://www.hirschauto.com/home.html
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "WFO Herb" <froggi@cdsnet.net>
>> > To: "Keith Ickes" <kickes@IR.ColoState.EDU>
>> > Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:40 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Engine Paint
>> >
>> > > Try Eastwood
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Keith Ickes wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Does anyone know a source for aerosol spray cans of Healey Green
engine
>> > paint?
>> >
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