Mine was built April '57, and the paint on the block was very thin when I
bought it. In fact, bare metal was showing in several areas. There were no
signs of anything other than Healey green paint, so that's the color it was
repainted. Based on the condition of the car at the time, I doubt that
anyone had ever stripped the engine down to bare metal and repainted it a
color other than the original. I'm not painting it again, so I hope it's
right.
----- Original Message -----
From: "57 Healey" <57healey@gmail.com>
To: "Peter Dzwig" <pdzwig@summaventures.com>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Engine Colors and Longbridge/Abingdon transition
(long)]
> Does anyone have a Longbridge 2 port head car that has the Morris
> Green Paint? As I said in my email, my car's engine appears to be
> originally Healey Green.
>
> It seems from the comments on the lisst that Gary's original statement
> on engine colors was correct, and the early Longbridge cars (maybe not
> the earliest) came with Healey Green Engines, but when the 6 port
> transisition cars are the ones with the Morris Green.
>
> This is very important to me as my car is at the painters right now,
> and I can make a descision on which color to paint it, but I literally
> have to know this within a few weeks.
>
>
> On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:39:02 +0000, Peter Dzwig
> <pdzwig@summaventures.com> wrote:
>> Sorry guys this should have been copied to the list, too.
>>
>> Peter Dzwig
> --
> Patton Dickson - Richmond, TX
> '57 A-H 100-Six - http://Austin-Healeys.com
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