[TR] TR 3 Engine Colour

[dave northrup]

So how did they get that red color?  Clearly looks like the one I shared.

From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of DAVE HOGYE
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2023 10:14 AM
To: Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com>; Edward Hamer <hdrider570 at att.net>
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR 3 Engine Colour

My TR2 engine painted red/orange and other spares.
Dave H.
On 06/15/2023 5:40 AM PDT Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com<mailto: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.
[https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XvTTKzN/0/26f8c2fc/X5/i-XvTTKzN-X5.jpg]

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<mailto:hdrider570 at att.net>> wrote:
I seem to remember that the factory painted replacement engines red.

Edward Hamer
Petaluma CA

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