Light green XFlow engine paint

[ay_jay]

Anyone know who painted there engines in a light green hammerite colour when they re-conditioned them

Cheers

[V8ian]

The MOD used to paint their rebuilds light green, dont think it was hamerite

[V8ian]

The MOD used to paint their rebuilds light green, dont think it was hamerite, whoops

[ay_jay]

Its probably not hammerite mate, but looks like it

[Jimsiss]

I have an ex MOD xflow engine in light green

 

here it is:

 

[ay_jay]

Yeah, looks like that mate. Going to be MR Thicky here but who are MOD

[Jimsiss]

Ministry Of Defence

[ay_jay]

Oh, right. I did think that but what would they have with a XFlow in it

[Jimsiss]

its for the engineers to practice rebuilding engines

[ay_jay]

Cheers, you learn something every day

I don't think it was them. A mate of mine though it may be Burton's

[Jimsiss]

why do you want to know?

[V8ian]

Oh, right. I did think that but what would they have with a XFlow in it

Mod used to have hundreds of Escort estates, Transits, Mk2, 3,4 5, cortinas, and Knowing the Mod they probably had a spare engine for every car, and probably enough body panels to keep ford in production for 6 months, a couple of years ago I visited one of my favorate breakers in Oxford, I was chatting to the owner, just to see what he had in new, MoD stock, 250 Bedford TK 4x4 steerable front axles, new and complete, and 200 Hilman avenger Estate tailgates, and LOADS more

[Guest v6dale]

we use that paint at work to paint the rebuilt mod engines

[ay_jay]

why do you want to know?

 

Because that's whats in my MK1

 

Didn't realise that the MOD used them as well but makes sense now you say it Ian

[Jimsiss]

has it got a black plate attached to the rocker cover with info on it?

[tim]

Oh, right. I did think that but what would they have with a XFlow in it

Mod used to have hundreds of Escort estates, Transits, Mk2, 3,4 5, cortinas, and Knowing the Mod they probably had a spare engine for every car, and probably enough body panels to keep ford in production for 6 months, a couple of years ago I visited one of my favorate breakers in Oxford, I was chatting to the owner, just to see what he had in new, MoD stock, 250 Bedford TK 4x4 steerable front axles, new and complete, and 200 Hilman avenger Estate tailgates, and LOADS more

 

what breakers is that in oxford

[V8ian]

Oh, right. I did think that but what would they have with a XFlow in it

Mod used to have hundreds of Escort estates, Transits, Mk2, 3,4 5, cortinas, and Knowing the Mod they probably had a spare engine for every car, and probably enough body panels to keep ford in production for 6 months, a couple of years ago I visited one of my favorate breakers in Oxford, I was chatting to the owner, just to see what he had in new, MoD stock, 250 Bedford TK 4x4 steerable front axles, new and complete, and 200 Hilman avenger Estate tailgates, and LOADS more

 

what breakers is that in oxford

 

The yard Im talking about is Huges, just outside Bichester

Ian

[ALL4SHOW]

Its probably not hammerite mate, but looks like it

it is more like hammerite green & im still asking about for you mate as im sure it was a well known company that did it but that is deffo not a MOD engine in yours as we used to paint truck engines like that steam clean & paint & yours is just the block