The original valve cover on my '79 (CA spec, one of the last 2000 produced) was
Robin's egg blue, ala Spitfire.
Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> I did a list survey a while ago about the color of the 1500 Midget valve
> cover. There apparently were some variations but the majority of the 1500s
> brought to the states had a reddish-orange cover, similar to Chevy engine
> orange. The CA spec cars MAY have had a different color, possibly the
> robin's egg blue that was used on Spitfire 1500s. Who knows what color they
> were for the home market!
>
> Allen Hefner
> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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> In a message dated 5/24/00 7:27:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> toyman@digitex.net writes:
>
> << OS&M pgs 125 &126 show a 1493 and it seems the valve cover is the same
> color as the air cleaner <silver> and the block looks to be flat black.
> Pg 135 shows the rostyle and it looks as though the black is a satin
> finish.
> >
> > > Marlene Rzepkowski <mrzepkow@rochester.rr.com wrote:
> > is the black paint on the Rostyle wheels satin black or gloss black?
> > What color is the valve cover? How about the engine color? >>
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