Marcos Maniacs

I just pulled the engine (Ford Essex V6) and transmission from my car 
3M 5463.  Although someone painted the top of the engine Ford blue, 
the rest of the block (and under the "new" blue) is black. Can anyone 
tell me if the V6 engines left Marcos all black? Or, because of the 
history of this car, is it black based on the fact that this was a 
replacement engine from Ford of England immediately after it was 
delivered to the U.S.?
Thanks,
Hampton Peterson

Mine was a factory installed engine and was black.
as Don says , since most people used donor cars there was no specified 
color.
I remember however that at that time the only colors available were black or 
that horrible BMC green. I have  to talk to Rory in the morning so In will 
ask.

Garry
  3M5543

>From: "Don Lattimer" <donlattimer@...>
>Reply-To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>To: <MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] V6 engine paint color
>Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 07:53:13 -0700
>
>Mine is Ford blue but it has been rebuilt so I don't know what the original 
>color was.  Some of the cars were kits so the donor engine could have been 
>any color.  Check with Rory at MHS to get the history on your car.
>
>Don
>#3M5759
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: marcos5463
>   To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:34 PM
>   Subject: [MarcosManiacs] V6 engine paint color
>
>
>   I just pulled the engine (Ford Essex V6) and transmission from my car
>   3M 5463.  Although someone painted the top of the engine Ford blue,
>   the rest of the block (and under the "new" blue) is black. Can anyone
>   tell me if the V6 engines left Marcos all black? Or, because of the
>   history of this car, is it black based on the fact that this was a
>   replacement engine from Ford of England immediately after it was
>   delivered to the U.S.?
>   Thanks,
>   Hampton Peterson
>
>
>
>
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Thanks Garry,
It looks like black is correct. At least I have a few cans of 
Mercruiser black engine paint sitting around......
Hampton
3M5463 In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Garry Diver" 
<garrydiver@m...> wrote:
> Mine was a factory installed engine and was black.
> as Don says , since most people used donor cars there was no 
specified 
> color.
> I remember however that at that time the only colors available 
were black or 
> that horrible BMC green. I have  to talk to Rory in the morning so 
In will 
> ask.
> 
> Garry
>   3M5543
> 
> >From: "Don Lattimer" <donlattimer@p...>
> >Reply-To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> >To: <MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com>
> >Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] V6 engine paint color
> >Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 07:53:13 -0700
> >
> >Mine is Ford blue but it has been rebuilt so I don't know what 
the original 
> >color was.  Some of the cars were kits so the donor engine could 
have been 
> >any color.  Check with Rory at MHS to get the history on your car.
> >
> >Don
> >#3M5759
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: marcos5463
> >   To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> >   Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 2:34 PM
> >   Subject: [MarcosManiacs] V6 engine paint color
> >
> >
> >   I just pulled the engine (Ford Essex V6) and transmission from 
my car
> >   3M 5463.  Although someone painted the top of the engine Ford 
blue,
> >   the rest of the block (and under the "new" blue) is black. Can 
anyone
> >   tell me if the V6 engines left Marcos all black? Or, because 
of the
> >   history of this car, is it black based on the fact that this 
was a
> >   replacement engine from Ford of England immediately after it 
was
> >   delivered to the U.S.?
> >   Thanks,
> >   Hampton Peterson
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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