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Jan 15, 2007 21:02:43 GMT
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Can anyone tell me about Gold Seal a series engines,spec wise and any other useful info would be great ;D
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Seth
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Jan 15, 2007 21:07:03 GMT
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As far as I know they were just the regular replacement engine from BMC and they painted them gold to stand out and indicate they were a pukka factory recon unit. Happy to be told otherwise if I'm wrong!  |
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Jan 15, 2007 21:11:02 GMT
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i always thought that the goldseal stuff was just rover/uniparts range of re-con egines + boxes and was standard spec stuff ??
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Jan 15, 2007 21:14:30 GMT
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This ones in a metro city but its painted black and were the slam panel is theres a fleet number.Now years ago when i knew very little about cars i bought a metro that was ex police and it had a 998cc gold seal engine and it was pretty rapid for a 998 metro,so i'm wondering if this is the same spec.
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Jan 15, 2007 21:38:59 GMT
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Can anyone tell me about Gold Seal a series engines,spec wise and any other useful info would be great ;D Just make sure that the main bearing caps are the matching ones for that block.....   |
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Jan 15, 2007 21:47:10 GMT
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Nice to see BL put quality up front eh |
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Jan 15, 2007 22:04:41 GMT
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Nice to see BL put quality up front eh Trust me, I live 5mins from Longbridge......West Mercia Police bought a fleet of 998cc Metros to use as Panda Cars in about 1984....all of them had recon engines within 12 months, one of them had EIGHT. That's why ever since then West Mercia have been Vauxhall users! |
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rod
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The Gold Seal engine was supposedly a pukka BMC reconditioned engine . Theres a world of difference from 'rebuilt 'ie parts replaced/machined only IF they are not within limits. Or a' re-con' engine which as far I m aware has ALL parts machined and replaced.I think at one time the (expensive) Gold Seal engines were considered the only way to get a 'proper' reconditioned engine cos the cowboys had got in on the engine rebuild market ...but you pays your money ..etc etc !
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Don't forget though, plenty of people also discovered the joys of Gold Aerosol paint  |
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I always thought it was just an ordinary A-series with a set of seals in it made from gold, in a (no doubt futile) attempt to stop the oil p1ssing out everywhere.
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Jan 16, 2007 10:45:25 GMT
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There were three levels available.
Gold Seal, Silver Seal and Blue Seal.
Anyone any idea what the differences were? I know gold seal was a compete factory recon motor. I had a vague idea that the Silver Seal was a short block?
I know a guy who painted his engine gold with Humbrol enamel and claimed it was a gold seal engine when he sold his Cambridge.
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Rob
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Jan 16, 2007 10:51:54 GMT
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yeah - meant to signify factory recon in my (limited and possibly made up) knowledge - Rob |
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Jan 16, 2007 11:04:03 GMT
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Gold was semi skimmed, silver full fat and blue skimmed.
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Jan 16, 2007 11:11:52 GMT
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gold top was extra cream. My dad used to have that. Silver was regular, I used to drink that and my mum had blue which was skimmed. There was an red or orange top one as well. I forget if thatw as even lower fat or something.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jan 16, 2007 13:39:54 GMT
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ive always thought they were factory replacement engines.
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Jan 16, 2007 14:13:51 GMT
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gold top was extra cream. My dad used to have that. Silver was regular, I used to drink that and my mum had blue which was skimmed. There was an red or orange top one as well. I forget if thatw as even lower fat or something. [VZI mode]Red top was semi skimmed. I have silver top at home and green label semi skimmed at work. I wonder why the plastic bottles use a different colours to glass ones? S'pose it's like Walkers and smiths crisps using different colours for flavours [VZI mode] |
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Last Edit: Jan 16, 2007 14:16:46 GMT by Jack
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Jan 16, 2007 14:16:30 GMT
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gold seal engines were sold through BL dealers but I dunno if they were NEW engines or rebuilt.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Jan 16, 2007 21:23:01 GMT
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Sounds like it would be more reliable to put a pint of milk under the bonnet then. ;D
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Jan 16, 2007 21:45:39 GMT
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i thought they were new engines
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