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Why paint engine compartment black
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twigworker
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My theory...
Because it easier than trying to get a good match with the outside of the car when you paint it. Lower production cars, like the Dino that I used to have, do it from the factory. I suppose that is because it is easier to just spray the compartment, and sometimes the trunk, black and wait for the customer to specify an exterior color.
And the infant's name is......? I am expecting my first grandchild in March and I am a certified, licensed infant nut case. Life will be over the top when Dixie Rose Blue arrives! LOL LOL Jack
Because it easier than trying to get a good match with the outside of the car when you paint it. Lower production cars, like the Dino that I used to have, do it from the factory. I suppose that is because it is easier to just spray the compartment, and sometimes the trunk, black and wait for the customer to specify an exterior color.
And the infant's name is......? I am expecting my first grandchild in March and I am a certified, licensed infant nut case. Life will be over the top when Dixie Rose Blue arrives! LOL LOL Jack
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Ferrari used a semi-flat black. On THOSE cars it looks proper. In England there's a law that any "translucent" material (read "glass-fibre re-enforced plastic" here) used to construct a car MUST be painted black in the engine compartment. I guess they figger'd the errant high voltage discharges from the Lucas iggy systems would be a visual distraction to other motorists at night.
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jaybird
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Yup, what they said. To hide stuff (rattlecan paint is a lot easier and quicker than properly cleaning an engine bay) and for the touch up without 'matching' exterior color.
Jack, Chuck's going to be a grampa for the first time too, in June. We saw "pictures" of the little parasite last night. Got tired of calling it Rorschach (because it looked like an inkblot) So now it's Pari (figure that's generic enough for a girl or boy kidlet)
Jack, Chuck's going to be a grampa for the first time too, in June. We saw "pictures" of the little parasite last night. Got tired of calling it Rorschach (because it looked like an inkblot) So now it's Pari (figure that's generic enough for a girl or boy kidlet)
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Hey - Can y'all hold it down a notch? Some of us're tryin' ta read the paper here!
Kandace - Cool kid. I like the way he thinks! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
Welcome aboard, by the way.
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Kandace - Cool kid. I like the way he thinks! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
Welcome aboard, by the way.
R.
tony barnhill
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Kandace - MG offered an optional "back seat" for the MGB's - we had one in a '65 whne my daughter was tiny....worked great
Its really just an MGBGT rear seat bottom that's been modified to attach to the battery tray...we can show you how to do one.
Its really just an MGBGT rear seat bottom that's been modified to attach to the battery tray...we can show you how to do one.
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Excellent, another Drew car nut in the making (well, technically I'm a Andrew, but who's counting). And we almost share a birthday (I'm a day and quite a few years earlier). /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The Tunebug's engine bay is black, and I really don't like it. Gets really dark under the bonnet cave. Will go back to the proper white someday.
The Tunebug's engine bay is black, and I really don't like it. Gets really dark under the bonnet cave. Will go back to the proper white someday.
tony barnhill
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Kandace - an MG with a black engine compartment is hiding something - only if its hiding just the PO's ignorance....however, when I open a hood & find a black compartment, I question everything else about the car (& the price goes down immediately because I would have to remove the engine, strip the compartment, paint, etc.)
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