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01-11-10, 19:46
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I am sure that I will be told otherwise, but working on my Mercury 100HP T16 engine the only colour I can see on any of it is black. The water pumps appear to have been khaki at some stage but of course they may have been painted. I wish I could find another colour but so far nothing. Is it possible that the military spec engine for T16 could have been black ?
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02-11-10, 17:25
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I suspect this story will run and run. As I said the green I can find on mine are on the water pumps. Looking at the photo of the very original T16 owned by a friend of David Gordon, the sump looks to be black as per mine. Anyway, as an aside I ran into this colour on a French Army jeep engine. It looks very like the colour on the water pump pulleys David posted earlier. I can get this colour paint no problem so may go with this , otherwise I am thinking dark Grey or Black There is also a picture of my engine as is.
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02-11-10, 17:33
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If your engine is black, I would repaint it as such, also because that colour helps dissipate heat which is a bonus for a V8 running in the confines of a Carrier. Hanno
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02-11-10, 19:01
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you may well be right , I just was looking for an excuse to change the colour as its a bit dull but maybe it is correct for mine. Its frustrating not being able to discover. I did have a friend who had a T16 out of a crate many many years ago. I wonder if he has any old photos he could check out? Must be worth a call anyway.
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02-11-10, 20:19
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5,000 T16's were Built at the Ford Somerville plant in Massachusetts, USA. I live about 16 miles away from that ole factory(now a Shopping Mall). I know of 2 T16's that have been restored in my sticks. I belive Ford Flathead 100Hp Motors were painted the same Colour as a for truck motor, Black, Green, Gray, take your pick I suppose. Aidan
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02-11-10, 20:29
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well there you go! Black Green and Grey seem to be the colours that mostly come up so I will have a think and chose what I think will look best. I rather like the Grey but there again, Hanno's point about heat dissipation with black is a good one. I know my father wants it black as that is what he recalls V8s being in the Universals that he made so maybe he gets his way! thx
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