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JPSmit

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this was posted on my yahoo group BritCarTalk what are your thoughts?

RE: A series engines

"Don't forget that the rocker covers are a definitely different shade to the block, being more a true Forest green than the Olive sort of shade of the block.

For some reason, very few restorations follow this, painting both the block and the valve cover the same color, which is quite wrong."
 
Same paint for Bugeyes just a different surface.
 
JPSmit said:
this was posted on my yahoo group BritCarTalk what are your thoughts?

RE: A series engines

"Don't forget that the rocker covers are a definitely different shade to the block, being more a true Forest green than the Olive sort of shade of the block.

For some reason, very few restorations follow this, painting both the block and the valve cover the same color, which is quite wrong."
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I would ask the author for his reference material.

Ray
 
My dad's happens to be that way right now, because he painted the block but left the valve cover original.
 
I always assumed that the original painters painted the entire assembled motor all at once -- that's why the bolts and gaskets are all painted as well.
 
40 year old paint will never be the exact same shade as it was orginal.
 
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