That's my take on it, too, Lew. A "dialed" engine. Regardless, a great story
and I'd like to hear more about the car and the owner(s).... tommm
> Maybe a blue engine didn't necessarily indicate a "racing" engine as
> much as an engine prepared to some unique specification - such as a
> bespoke car. In other words, an engine which was somehow different than
> the run-of-the-mill production engine.
>
> Regards,
> Lew Palmer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Gerhard Maier
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:44 PM
> To: scarsdal; Lew Palmer
> Cc: mg-mmm@autox.team.net
> Subject: AW: Engine Colors Tabulation
>
> That's a MMM with a really enjoying history to read !!
>
> Obviously Abingdon put it in the category " Racing", because of the many
> special goodies which were fitted.
> So the engine was painted BLUE ??
>
> Gerhard
>
> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net]Im
> Auftrag von scarsdal
> Gesendet: Freitag, 18. Januar 2002 17:14
> An: Lew Palmer
> Cc: mg-mmm@autox.team.net
> Betreff: Re: Engine Colors Tabulation
>
>
> Subject: RE: Engine Colors Tabulation
>
> Lew, our PB was bought new by my father,(still registered & occasionally
> driven by him) He specified various modifications from the factory,
> including a special crank, camshaft, & a Marshal supercharger, all of
> which
> are still on the car. When the car was collected direct from Abingdon
> the
> engine had been painted Blue (almost Bugatti blue). When the engine was
> stripped by me in '91, for a first rebuild!,I found no trace of any
> other
> colour although internally the block was painted with what looked like
> red
> oxide.
> Graham Whitaker (PA, SA, & various Wolseley Hornet Specials)
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