It's Gary, Anthony. & his computer will not let him set up a profile, so he shares mine. If you read what i have written, i was coming to everyone's defence including yours. I don't like to get on here starting shit, matter of fact it's the 1 reason people leave this forum voluntarily. Gary.
Gary, I totally agree with you.
However, this particular individual, although often on the money and very knowledgeable, has a history of making stuff up to suit his own theories.
Hence my questioning of his photo which immediately struck me as not being what he said it was (original paint).
And JD LJ, yes I am totally joking about this being a duel cast thing.
Lots of assumptions have been made about what the multiple castings on some engine blocks refer to.
I am not convinced that the dual(duel) casting on a 6 cylinder block means anything significant.
It would be interesting if it does mean something but no one has come forward (afaik) with anything more than speculation and educated guesses.
That's fair enough, that's how investigations go, but its not true until you find proof, or from a scientific perspective, until you fail to disprove your theory.
To get things back on track though, I've read all sorts of different things about what colour of the paint in the boot and under the bonnet.
I've heard the mixing of black and a bit of white, I've read about the slops bucket, I've read it was different at the different plants.
One thing I haven't read is that it was glossy. Yes it may look better, but that's not how they were.
My car is a dull black, but the paint is at least 30 years old, so it may have been satin or semi gloss, or even Warrigal black to start with.
However, I am also pretty sure I read in the Warrigal Black LJ thread that the blackouts are visible on those cars, which suggests on those cars at least, the blackouts were not Warrigal Black.
Its one of those things that seems to vary from plant to plant, and also seems to have changed over time which means it is very hard to get a definitive answer.