[TR] What do you think is painted on the side of TSF52E block?

[Robert Jones]

More about paint and colour.  My Morgan 61 Plus 4 has a TR3 engine (number
TS81957E)  and was originally painted a orangish red.  Did any TR3's have
other than a black block?

Bob
On Mar 3, 2012, at 5:39 AM, John Macartney wrote:

> The issue of mysterious ad-hoc codes painted on cylinder blocks has arisen
on
> many occasions over the years since I've been on this list. Usually, they
were
> of very short run duration - sometimes just days or a week or two and were
> mainly marshalling marks to ensure each assembly line got the right block
in
> times of shortages when the unit came out of machining and after being
> painted. In this instance, I'd suggest that painting TR3 on this unbuilt
block
> was to differentiate it from other wet liner four cylinders being built at
the
> time. Standard had two engine assembly lines for the Big 4 Pot. One was
used
> for TR, the other assembled power units for the Vanguard in 2088cc, the
later
> Ensign in 2138cc, the Leyland 15 and Leyland 20 light trucks and vans. All
of
> them had variations configurations of camshaft, compression ratio and
> carburation. In this instance, identifying it as a TR3 may have been
nothing
> more than ensuring engine assembly had
> sufficient blocks available per model. To add to this general scenario,
it's
> important not to forget the company also sold a large number of these base
> engine units with even further technical variations as static power units
in
> industrial applications.
> You'll also find similar ad-hoc codes on the small
> block engines for Standard Ten vans and pick ups with the 1147cc engine for
> Spitfire and earlier versions of the SC engine in 948cc guise for Standard
> Ten, Herald single carb and Herald twin carb.
>
> Jonmac
>
> ________________________________
> From: Keith Stewart
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> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Sent: Saturday, 3
> March 2012, 2:18
> Subject: [TR] What do you think is painted on the side of
> TSF52E  block?
>
>
>> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, at 18:39:5, Don Hiscock wrote:
>>>
>>> Did
> TR4s also have orange paint on the block?  Does anyone else think
>>> that the
> painting on my block looks almost like it had something else
>>> beneath the
> "TR", alongside the "3"?
>>>
>> My 1962 TR4 that I bought in 1966 with 17 000
> miles did not have any such
>> markings.
>>
>> Keith R. Stewart
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