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What is Wal- Moss? I never heard of this company.
Herb
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From: healeys-bounces+hgmiller3=qwest.net@autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces+hgmiller3=qwest.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Mr.
Finespanner
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 12:54 PM
To: Randy Hicks
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] engine paint
Randy,
The shade of engine green varied considerably over the years.
Consistency of the motor color was not as much of a priority as that of the
body colors. However, the shades offered by today's suppliers have all been
towards the lighter end of the scale. The Hirsch paint has been the closest
of those available and the Wal- Moss, in my opinion, has always been way too
light. If you ever bought motor paint from Hemphill's Healey Haven you got
Johnson outboard engine green with the label torn off. I wanted to preserve
the richer darker shade as I am used to seeing it on original bits.
The bellhousing I took in for computer matching was from a center shift
gearbox that had original darker motor green on it. I sent cans out to a
bunch of people I consider authorities, in that they have been playing with
Healeys long enough to remember the original shade of darker green, and had
uniformly positive feedback as to the color match. Roger Moment said that
it was an exact match to the early 100 motor green, but the shade-donor
bellhousing was from a BJ8.
So I guess I'm not saying this is the "correct" shade for any particular
year or model; I don't believe that's even possible given the variations in
tone that could occur on a frequent basis. What I am saying is that the 18G
paint is as truly authentic a reproduction of the original darker green as
modern computer color matching can render, and I'll let it go at that. It
also looks really great on a motor. It looks more like a piece of machinery
and less like an after dinner breath mint.
regards,
Doug, 18G
----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Hicks
To: Mr. Finespanner
Cc: dougnewton@sbcglobal.net ; healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] engine paint
Doug, are you saying that this is the correct color for what cars/
models?
My very original BJ8 has a different engine color/shade than my very
original BN7.
Were the 100s originally as dark a color as the BJ8? I always thought
the 100s were much lighter.
Randy
Randy Hicks
'56 100M
'62 BN7 MkII
'65 BJ8
'53 MGTD
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