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Re: [TR] TR 3 Engine Colour

To: DAVE HOGYE <dlhogye@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR 3 Engine Colour
From: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:15:43 -0500
Cc: Edward Hamer <hdrider570@att.net>, "triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
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I have to double check with the owner of the TR3 with that FRE posted
earlier... Perhaps his IS blue-gray-green, too and it was just black with
fifty years of grime when I visited him.

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 10:12=E2=80=AFAM DAVE HOGYE <dlhogye@comcast.net> w=
rote:

> This Vanguard engine is from a Renown Razor Edge.  Painted a metallic blu=
e.
> Dave H.
>
> On 06/15/2023 5:40 AM PDT Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> That would be news to me. The factory reconditioned engines I've seen in
> the UK were painted cheap black paint (as Jonmac notes) and got a special
> FRE plate covering the original engine number.
>
> Some suppliers to the UK car industry did use different paint to denote
> reconditioned parts.  I believe that's the reason we sometimes see Lucas
> parts like wiper motors in a grayish-greenish-bluish color instead of the
> standard black.  A friend of mine told me once during his time as a motor
> factor that he sold remaindered gray-green-blue paint to one of the
> manufacturers so it could all be blended together and used on recondition=
ed
> parts...
>
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 11:21=E2=80=AFPM Edward Hamer <hdrider570@att.net=
> wrote:
>
> I seem to remember that the factory painted replacement engines red.
>
> Edward Hamer
> Petaluma CA
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I h=
ave to double check with=C2=A0the owner of the TR3 with that FRE=C2=A0poste=
d earlier... Perhaps his IS blue-gray-green, too and it was just black with=
 fifty years of grime when I visited him.</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmai=
l_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 10:1=
2=E2=80=AFAM DAVE HOGYE &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dlhogye@comcast.net";>dlhogye@=
comcast.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex"><u></u>

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  <div style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color=
:rgb(51,51,51)"> <span style=3D"font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">This =
Vanguard engine is from a Renown Razor Edge.=C2=A0 Painted a metallic blue.=
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  <div style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color=
:rgb(51,51,51)"> <span style=3D"font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">Dave =
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     On 06/15/2023 5:40 AM PDT Don Hiscock &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:don.hiscoc=
k@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">don.hiscock@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:=20
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    <div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">
      That would be news to me. The factory reconditioned engines I&#39;ve =
seen in the UK were painted cheap black paint (as Jonmac notes) and got a s=
pecial FRE plate covering the original engine number.=20
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     <img src=3D"https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XvTTKzN/0/26f8c2fc/X5/=
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      Some suppliers to the UK car industry did use different paint to deno=
te reconditioned parts.=C2=A0 I believe that&#39;s the reason we sometimes =
see Lucas parts like wiper motors in a grayish-greenish-bluish color instea=
d of the standard black.=C2=A0 A friend of mine told me once during his tim=
e as a motor factor that he sold remaindered gray-green-blue paint to one o=
f the manufacturers so it could all be blended together and used on recondi=
tioned parts...=20
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      On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 11:21=E2=80=AFPM Edward Hamer &lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:hdrider570@att.net"; target=3D"_blank">hdrider570@att.net</a>&gt; wro=
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        I seem to remember that the factory painted replacement engines red=
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