On Jan 29, 2004, at 10:10 PM, MGBnutt@aol.com wrote:
> The engine is painted the wrong color
This brings up an interesting question:
I have a '75 B.  From the factory, I understand the engine was black.  
So of course, it is red (and the wrong shade of red at that).
However, the everything above the head gasket is from a '71-'73[0].  At 
what point would the proper color become red, rather than black?
It doesn't really matter though, I had to repaint the head when I got 
it back from the machine shop.  It is MG red.  The engine will be MG 
red too, as soon as I have some reason I have to pull it, hopefully not 
anytime soon.
[0]: during my recent valve problems, I mistakenly thought the head was 
even earlier.
-- 
Aaron Whiteman -- http://www.wsu.edu/~aaronpw/MG/
  '75 B (red for now), HIF4 carbs
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