Re: factory engine paint schemes?
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2025 5:44 pm
This may interest some folks: Two different colors of the engine paint.
Keith
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Re: factory engine paint schemes?
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2025 9:58 am
As I recall the lighter seafoam color was used on earlier Patrols. But it was inconsistent.
Re: factory engine paint schemes?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 12:36 pm
My engine was painted that greenish seafoam color. Never have been able to fine anything close to that color in a spray can of engine paint.RiverPatrol wrote: ↑Sat Aug 23, 2025 9:58 am As I recall the lighter seafoam color was used on earlier Patrols. But it was inconsistent.
Re: factory engine paint schemes?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 1:16 pm
Just a bit of information for history buffs:
Nissan's blue engine paint has Austin DNA.
Back in the 1950s, when Nissan were assembling CKD kits of Austin cars, they were given a 'British Standard' paint code for the formulation of the engine block and ancillaries color. It seems to have stuck.
This color is still listed on the 'British Standard' database as B.S. 18C39 Fathom Blue, with HMG ( Her Majesty's Government ) number GL31557, and 'Glidden Number' name 'Dolphin'.
Keith
Nissan's blue engine paint has Austin DNA.
Back in the 1950s, when Nissan were assembling CKD kits of Austin cars, they were given a 'British Standard' paint code for the formulation of the engine block and ancillaries color. It seems to have stuck.
This color is still listed on the 'British Standard' database as B.S. 18C39 Fathom Blue, with HMG ( Her Majesty's Government ) number GL31557, and 'Glidden Number' name 'Dolphin'.
Keith
Re: factory engine paint schemes?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 7:15 pm
zed wrote: ↑Sun Aug 24, 2025 1:16 pm Just a bit of information for history buffs:
Nissan's blue engine paint has Austin DNA.
Back in the 1950s, when Nissan were assembling CKD kits of Austin cars, they were given a 'British Standard' paint code for the formulation of the engine block and ancillaries color. It seems to have stuck.
This color is still listed on the 'British Standard' database as B.S. 18C39 Fathom Blue, with HMG ( Her Majesty's Government ) number GL31557, and 'Glidden Number' name 'Dolphin'.
Keith
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