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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Not sure about the Aussies, but I’d guess that they’d use standard issue BMC paint. Or perhaps the engines arrived already painted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The kit Minis made in S.Ireland had the same colour engines as those in the UK so….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I do know that I bought a can of Moss (Europe) brush/spray engine paint about 5 years ago. It seemed about right…a good match to what was already there. So, late last year I bought another can. It was darker – not dark Morris green, but darker. Same can, same label etc. Not a perfect match.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>About a week ago I bought a spray can from Ahead4Healeys. It too was darker, more or less a match for the second Moss can.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Maybe its my eyesight or we’re moving towards the Dark Side.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Randy Dickson<br><b>Sent:</b> 14 January 2019 13:32<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] paint<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Speaking of Healey engine paint does anyone know if the Aussies used the same color on the Morris engines that went into the Mini Cooper knock-down-kits assembled in Australia in the 1960s? I have both Healeys and Minis and from pics and a few engine parts that I have seen the engine paint hue and chroma looks very close to Healey engine green.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Randy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>1960 AH 3000<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>1963 AH 3000<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>1965 Mini Cooper<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>1967 Morris Mini Cooper S (Aussie)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>1968 Morris Mini Cooper S<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harold Manifold<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 13, 2019 5:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'HealeyRick' <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>>; 'Chris Dimmock' <<a href="mailto:austin.healey@gmail.com">austin.healey@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] paint<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Hello,</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>I have used the POR Austin Healey Green. A picture of the SKU number is attached. It is an excellent product but the shade of green is slightly darker than other Healey Green I have seen.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Regards,</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Harold</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>HealeyRick<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 13, 2019 9:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> Chris Dimmock<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] paint</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Their color chip looks like Morris green, but I haven't purchased it. Bill Hirsch makes a high-quality engine enamel that is spot on for big Healey engine green: <a href="http://www.hirschauto.com/ENGINE-ENAMEL/productinfo/EE-QUART/ASTN%20HLY%20G/">http://www.hirschauto.com/ENGINE-ENAMEL/productinfo/EE-QUART/ASTN%20HLY%20G/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Rick Neville<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 4:48 AM Chris Dimmock <<a href="mailto:austin.healey@gmail.com">austin.healey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Hi Jim,<br>POR used to make the light metallic green Healey engine paint, I used it on my 3000 20 years ago. I tried to buy some recently, but the Australian distributor said it was discontinued. I'm unsure whether he meant they didn't import it, or POR stopped making it. <br>But POR did make a light metallic green engine paint 20 years ago <br>Best<br>Chris<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br>> On 13 Jan 2019, at 8:51 am, healeymanjim <<a href="mailto:healeymanjim@hansencc.net" target="_blank">healeymanjim@hansencc.net</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> is anyone on list familiar with the POR-15 healey engine paint? is it like the moss cans or more like the morris minor, early <br>> austin healey green?<br>> ______________________________________________<br>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeyrik@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeyrik@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>