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Posted 06 May 2019 - 06:41 PM

Hi as per title need correct engine colour for my 850cc engine,have searched but keep getting conflicting opinions some say green some say black ?

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Posted 06 May 2019 - 07:02 PM

It would have been black, green ended in the late 60's

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Posted 06 May 2019 - 08:48 PM

Don't know if this is right but I've always thought of green as a BMC colour; black for BL and yellow for Austin Rover A+ engines.



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Posted 06 May 2019 - 09:21 PM

Deffo black 



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Posted 06 May 2019 - 09:56 PM

Thanks chaps much appreciated black it will be.

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Posted 06 May 2019 - 10:17 PM

Flat black!!!



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Posted 07 May 2019 - 08:01 AM

Hi do you mean Matt black?
And so another question chaps should it be Matt,satin or gloss,I just want it to be as it left the factory no bling etc.

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Posted 09 May 2019 - 05:04 AM

Yes, matte!



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Posted 09 May 2019 - 10:13 PM

Thanks for that so Matt black it is then




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