As stated in the topic- does anyone know where I can locate some color photos of an original Go-Devil 4cyl. engine as installed in the WWII Willys MB? Failing that, a reliable restoration? I'm hoping for an unmounted unit, but good shots into the open hood (bonnet, for our merrie-olde friends) will also do. Failing THAT, can any of uor softskins experts out there tell me the colors of the block & accesories? Three kit painting sheets that i've consulted have been sparse (& contradictory... ), and 'Googling' is coming up short.
Any white knights out there?

Don't know if you will be able to find a color pic but here is some from the net.



from this site

godevil

mroe stuff

and check out this site


Engine rebuild phot journal.

Delbert-
Thanks for the photos. I had actually already found the first two sites, but I appreciate you taking the time to check. the third is quite interesting (I love the little oil can!) but it seems this guy just primed everything & left it... Wonder what HIS ref. was...

Anybody else?

I've got 2 colour pics of Jeep Go-devil engine blocks (one belongs to a Willys MA, the other to a MB) : both engine blocks appear to be Olive Drab, and most accessories are painted black, like the radiator or the oil filter receptacle.
I can try to scan them for you when I'm back home (I'm at "work" now) . I've found them in a French book called "Le Guide de la jeep" which presents several restored Jeep variants...)

Just tell me if you are interested

Frenchy

Oui! Oui! Tres Interessant!!!
Sorry, I mean yes, thank you frenchy I'd be very interested.

Just send me a PM with your e-mail adress and I'll manage to send them to you as soon as possible (= in a few hours : my boss has not allocated a scanner to me yet )

Frenchy

I have no idea what his reference was i just included it as it is an interesting color scheme in that it shows off the seperate parts of the engine very well which might help if your trying to detail a kit..

laters

Certainly wasn't trying to denigrate your efforts, Delbert. As I said, I appreciate your looking. I actually went to that fellows site and emailed a query to him so perhaps he'll set me straight. Thanks again for your time.

Hello Robert, I thought I would try to help, now I never found pictures like these guys did, but when I looked at them pictures that Cliff has and with the information I found, it makes sense.
The 1948 Go Devil engine that they were saying a lot of restorers make the mistake cause of the different colors they found, but it said the correct engine color was plain black. That the picture they were showing at the time was green for advertising, but the actual production engine was plain black.
Looking at that one picture where it looked burned out from fire, all except under the coil, you can see a patch of black paint, that is more evidence.

Then looking at the tecnical manual, it kind of looks like the block is black in it to.
Now I wouldn't sell the whole farm on this, but if I had a jeep model, I think I would paint the block black.

Kerry

I found a photo of the Go-Devil engine in my MBI Jeep book (geared mainly towards modern civilan Jeeps). Other than the caption (included) I have no information on the photo. It looks like it was once black or perhaps gray. Not much help here.

Received a reply from the author of the website Delbert found:

This guy's got an extensive library & even many of the manuals available on line. Stop by & check it out for jeep refs & links.
Thanks everybody for the time & help!
RobH