Flathead Colour

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by andrew honychurch

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.

Andrew,

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

[andrew honychurch]

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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[Aidan]

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

[andrew honychurch]

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

[RichardT10829]

although technically not correct i want to paint my lump in battleship ish grey, just love the colour

[andrew honychurch]

just when I thought i had it sorted...black......i just found this. Went to buy some T16 parts today and picked this up. Brand new and in dark grey/blue! so it seems blue, green and black are definitely the choices!

[tankbarrell]

That was the colour I suggested at the start of the thread.... I don't think anybody believed me!

Just glad I wasn't imagining it!