[TR] 63 TR 4 engine red

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Twelve OTHER overseas???????

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On Dec 31, 2011, at 11:42 AM, John Macartney <flywheelcoventry1 at yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> Engines that failed for whatever reason on the two 'run' dynos after
leaving
> engine assembly and found to be defective were stripped of their
ancillaries
> and scrapped. Simply, the cost of "teardown, investigate and rectify"
exceeded
> the raw material and direct labour cost of producing another new unit.
> Engines
> returned to the factory by the global dealer network for reconditioning
were
> rebuilt by a Standard-Triumph subsidiary called Beans Industries. They were
> always painted a less than attractive blue and took the form of a short or
> long motor - i.e. with or without a cylinder head and valve cover but
devoid
> of other equipment. The engine number was completely different from normal
> production numbers and always had an 'R' as the leading prefix to indicate
> "reconditioned" The famous 'Gold Star' engine was a slightly uprated
Standard
> (Triumph) Ten and used the surplus paint from the Ferguson Grey and Gold
units
> from 1956 onwards - and that's because the Purchasing Dept couldn't get out
of
> its supply contract with Pinchin & Johnson. The red engine referred to by
> Darren might have come out of Engineering for some obscure reason but I
doubt
> the company ever used red in post-war production, at least in the UK. The
> twelve other overseas assembly plants
> might have done something completely different?
>
> Jonmac
> http://standard-triumph-books.co.uk/
>
>
>> ________________________________
>>
> From: Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>
>> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
>> Sent:
> Saturday, 31 December 2011, 19:16
>> Subject: Re: [TR] 63 TR 4 engine red
>>
>>>
> He claimed that he had owned this Triumph from  new
>>> and the engine was
>>>
> always factory red.
>>
>> One theory I've heard is that re-worked engines (those
> found defective in
>> some manner and repaired by the factory before delivery)
> were painted red.
>> Dunno if that's true, but it makes sense to me.
>>
>> --
> Randall
>>
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