Morris C8

[Jonathan Moore]

Evening all,

The engine is now ready to be installed, I am not sure what the original engine colour would have been but the base colour of the engine before I sprayed it was very close to the current body colour, so I just used the same colour.

Jon

[pauldavies]

Hi Jonathan and a great job you are doing, I noticed you didn't have any brass data/information plates on the inner cab engine cover. Have you looked around for them as I have tried without success to find some. I believe there is a company/individual somewhere who do reproduction plates?
Regards
Paul
C8 owner, Australia

[Jonathan Moore]

Hello Paul and thanks,

I have had a look around for the brass plates but without any luck, I am sure getting them copied wouldn't be a problem but of course you need some to copy in the first place. If you find some please let me know.

Regards,

Jonathan

[Owen Evans]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Moore

Hello Paul and thanks,

I have had a look around for the brass plates but without any luck, I am sure getting them copied wouldn't be a problem but of course you need some to copy in the first place. If you find some please let me know.

Regards,

Jonathan

Jonathan,

I've used Robert DeRuyter in the Netherlands for some harder to find data plates. He made them just from photos and the overall size of the plate; the photos do need to be direct on the data plate, not at an angle. Maybe he can help? You can contact him through his website:

https://dataplates4u.com

Cheers,
Owen.

[pauldavies]

Many thanks Owen but the problem is we need some to copy, any help out there?
Paul

[Mike K]

The engine is normally finished in a medium Brunswick green , that's for the 6 cyl. version anyway . The stationary engine guys use a similar green . http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1359987041_17022


Regarding the brass data plates, I have new repros that were done in the UK somewhere. R. Ballard kindly sent me a few , the larger MCC one with the engine number , chassis number and axle/gearbox details and the smaller ubiquitous one with the contract number , this smaller one seems to be used on most WW2 British vehicles.

[Jonathan Moore]

I have contacted dataplates4u they cant remember making any in the past.

I think paint colour is partly down to personal choice and a subject that a lot of people can't agree on. I assume that someone, somewhere has documented evidence, that at that time in history, those engines were painted that colour, or could it be that there is just some circumstantial evidence or maybe someone just picked a colour and everyone else copied it. Personally I have gone for a evidence based approach to the problem. As far as I can tell, my engine had been painted twice, both times when the engine was separate from the rest of the vehicle. There was no evidence of over spray and components hadn't been sprayed as one block but as separate pieces, which would seem strange, as most military rebuilds that I have seen are sprayed one colour and as one large component. The top coat of green was slightly darker than the current body colour but not much and I would assume that this was the rebuild colour of 1952. The base colour was very near to the current body colour which I assume was the original colour and that is roughly what it is painted now. What I do find strange is that the head had no evidence of any paint, the water pump was green, the water outlet on the top of the cylinder head, a separate component, was green, the oil filter assembly was green but the head, rust colour, even under items mounted to it, such as the oil filter housing, there was no evidence of paint. This makes me wonder, was the head painted at all or just left as cast iron colour, maybe as a paint saving exercise.

Anyway I like it, so that's all that matters.



Jon