J'ai posé la question, concernant la couleur du moteur, sur le forum anglais dédié à la mgc.
réponses
michel, aix en provence france
Could you tell me, please, the engine color référence for MGC. Is this the same color as Austin Healey ? Thank you.
rick ingram, central illinois, usa,
mowog1@aol.com
It's not quite a true Healey green. A little more silver to it, in my opinion. DEFINITELY no the dark Healey or Austin green founr on some Sprites and Coopers.
Hirsch paints on the American east coast make a pretty good colour, in my opinion.
rick
John H, Wisconsin
Michel, there seams to be a varity of thought on wich color is correct. I have seen many that are a blue green close to the Healy, mine is more a silver green and very close to the original color that was on the engine in my 69 car. The paint code I used is late 1960's Chrysler, factory code F3.
Drew Hastings, Wallaceburg, Ontario
While restoring our 69C I used the spray can engine paint sold by Little British Car Co (Moss distributor...and an excellent supplier). As a match it was quite close to the original paint if not just a tiny bit lighter and provided an excellent finish.
To quote Ken Smith however....the correct colour is "whatever came out of the can the day it was built.....!!!!!"
http://www.mgcars.org.uk/pics/hastingsc2.jpg
Drew
John H, Wisconsin Drew, the color in the picture is very close to what I have. I had it mixed as a urathane.
Wherda
Ditto John's comments...
But...I have seens some somewhat 'blue' MGC blocks!
(and not becessarily because they were depressed!)
Wherda
s curtis, Berkshire, United Kingdom,
stephen.curtis@tesco.net
Wherda you are absolutley correct .i have seen several us cars with this and recently a uk car fitted with a us spec head but not drilled on the castings in blue,but green is the main colour
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