Steve: The AH Concours Registry Guide (2006), p. 4, says the engines were
painted as an assembly: intake and exhaust manifolds included. I think you
might have a copy of that. The Lone StarSprite & Midget owners group guide
(1988) says the manifold was â??probablyâ?? painted engine green but the paint
burned off. Of course you had to be willing to drive the car for that to
happen. Horler is silent on the matter, but most of the engines shown are the
wrong color anyway. The Midget has a little maybe overspray on the intake, but
the exhaust manifold is natural. There is a comment somewhere that what got
painted with the block depended on when it was assembled and by whom. Eastwood
has a pretty good manifold paint as well as the rub-on stuff. I fretted over
the engine paint question for years, but never got a good answer. Maybe Bobbie
would remember. So much trivia. Glad to see the Bug got a good home. Still
hoping to find a nut like us to take over the Midget.
Bert Shirey
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