[TR] TR 3 Engine Colour

[Don Hiscock]

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https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XvTTKzN/0/26f8c2fc/X5/i-XvTTKzN-X5.jpg

And BTW -- red-orange paint was used on some four-cylinder TR engines in
the form of marshaling marks to organize production.  My TSF-series TR3B,
produced like all of 'em during the early simultaneous production of the
TR4, had hand-painted orange-red marks on the black block that appear to
have been TR4 first, then overpainted (correctly) as TR3.
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-8JLFjcP/0/053a1b23/X5/i-8JLFjcP-X5.jpg

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 7:40 AM Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at 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 reconditioned
> parts...
>
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 11:21 PM Edward Hamer <hdrider570 at att.net> wrote:
>
>> I seem to remember that the factory painted replacement engines red.
>>
>> Edward Hamer
>> Petaluma CA
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