Flathead Colour

[andrew honychurch]

er humm.....it could be a primer? anyway, I quite like it and would like to match it. Anyone in the Uk where I can get colours suitable for brushing?

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by andrew honychurch

er humm.....it could be a primer? anyway, I quite like it and would like to match it. Anyone in the Uk where I can get colours suitable for brushing?

Nope AH..Not a primer but an original colour..I remember it well on the Old flat head ford engines..parts of which my mom use as teething devices for us..
Mr Barrel,know-er of all things military,greasy,rusty,green,sometimes blue,is right,again.

[andrew honychurch]

I see that the POR 300 range, a US paint, do a Ford Medium blue and a Ford Dark Blue. Its tricky to see from the screen what the colour is exactly but as long as its not the Ford Corporate Emblem blue, I dont think it is, then this could be the colour. Anyone had any experience of it?

Oh and by the way, My father said that every engine that he saw fitted to the Sentinel made Universals came from Dagenham and was mated to the gearbox. They were both black and all they did was put it on a jig and run them to set up or check the carburettor settings and then they were fitted. I appreciate that these were UK built non Mercury engines, but it may be of interest.

[ajmac]

All 85 BHP Ford V8s were painted 'Ford Dark Green'.
All 95/100BHP Mercury V8s were painted 'Ford Dark Blue'.

All wartime UCs and Loyds had 85BHP Ford Units.
All T16s received Mercury V8s.

You can get both from the US, try Joblot or duplicolor, they stock both colours...... but then comes the million dollar question.... what colour were the gearboxes painted, blue or green....ahhhhh

PS. The Loyd is getting a Ford Dark Green Flathead and box, however I'd like to know if it is supposed to be gloss, semi or matt?

[Lynn Eades]

I disagree that all war time U.C's were 85 H.P.
Gearbox's were grey weren't they?

[andrew honychurch]

well as I said. From the horses mouth so to speak, all the engines and boxes fitted to the Sentinel made UC's were black gearboxes and engines!

[ajmac]

We must remember that Flatheads were made at least three different Countries

UK, USA, Canada .... Australia too?

However Mercs were only built in the USA and went into the T16s, for some reason we wouldn't accept them, although we did test them. The wartime manual I have lists all Flathead types for UCs and Loyds and if you go through the cylinder liners list it says all versions can take the Dagenham liner. If any were the 95/100 BHP version they would have the larger bore to give the 3.8L capacity.
HOWEVER wartime manuals on UCs must be taken with a pinch of salt