Rick,
*** When I got the six bolts out, and was able to
separate the upper and
lower halves, I got to look at the "air filter element". It was a true
marvel of a design. ( so to speak ) This lovingly hand crafted wonder
was
constructed of an inner and outer screen, with , hold on to your hats
kids,
_STEEL WOOL_ packed between them !!
Haven't you looked at a rootin tootin 1594 cc Alpine with dual carbs on
it?
Mine had steel mesh air filters , one on each carb, about 4 inches
across.
Sounds like someone was just upgrading a somnolent Tiger to a hot rod
Alpine standard.
The old Alpine engine was pretty neat, Dual carbs , not staged, so you
had to feather foot it
moving off the line to get best accelleration, tuned headers (stock)
thumbscrew adjustable
ignition timing ( I think for fuel quality) gear shift adjustable for
height!! and a crank starter
that worked pretty damn well. It was a neat little hot rod that would
do about a 100 and responded
well to trailing braking.
mBrad
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