[Vwdiesel] Green Striped Engine

[Shawn Wright]

What's the deal with this guy that paints the whole block, include the head 
surface? Or is that masked off? I sure hope so...

On 8 Jun 2004 at 15:37, McCanless, James <james.mccanless at lmco.com> wrote:

> Like this?
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33615&
> item=2481499407&rd=1
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> On Behalf Of Chuck Carnohan
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:29 PM
> To: LBaird119 at aol.com; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Green Striped Engine
> 
> 
> It could be that the black you remember was the cast iron.  On the 1.6
> that I have I thought it had gotten hot and scorched the paint but upon
> closer inspection, realized it was unpainted except for the green
> stripe!  All other engines I have seen are just painted green over the
> entire block.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LBaird119 at aol.com [mailto:LBaird119 at aol.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:24 PM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Green Striped Engine
> 
> 
>   Never heard of it but it sure looks like a factory new/replacement.
> Come 
> to 
> think of it I may have seen one once.  I seem to remember it being green
> 
> but I remember it being black too.  Weren't a lot of factory
> replacements 
> sold it seems.  A dealer an hour or two away had something like 5
> complete 
> engines they were selling for around 2K several years ago.  Don't recall
> if 
> they were TD or NA.  Dad was really tempted to buy a couple.  At least
> he 
> DID buy all TWO that were left of factory turbos when I came across a 
> surplus outfit dumping a bunch of VW stuff.  :)  Missed out on
> everything 
> else.  :(
>      Loren
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