Flathead Colour

[Local Chap]

Originally Posted by ajmac

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

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 ...... If any were the 95/100 BHP version they would have the larger bore to give the 3.8L capacity.

Nonsense! ALL of the CMP truck engines are Canadian built "Merc" engines (C99A, aka 3 3/16" bore, aka 95hp), and most of the NOS painted parts for them are Ford Dark Green. There are limited instances of US built engines being supplied to top up production, but by far the bulk of Canadian CMP, MCP and Carrier production had engines made in Canada.

Don't be misled by the majority of online references for Flathead Engines, as most only refer to US production and often state that production ceased altogether between '42 and '45. Canadian made engines continued production throughout and remained Green in both 221 and 239 sizes.
US production used both Green, Blue or Black, while Dagenham used Green or Black.