Hi Ron,
I believe that some of the air cleaner housings were chromed as part of the
'engine dress-up' option. I looked into trying to duplicate the original
appearance and texture and finally elected to just get the thing chromed.
regards
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.biz>
To: <arado7@sbcglobal.net>; "'Tigers'" <tigers@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 9:49 AM
Subject: RE: Air cleaner questions
> Gary
> Hammertone gray is the color. If you need to paint yours; I
> recommend you practice with this paint on some scrap metal first. The
> metal needs to be warm and stay warm while painting and drying to get that
> hammertone finish. I believe the metal needs to be around 80 degrees F
> to
> get a good hammertone texture. You will need to experiment with
> temperature to get the same texture as the original Hammertone finish.
>
> The drivers side tube connects to the left side valve cover breather
> cap; this is the larger diameter tube.
>
> The tube on the passenger side connects to the stock hot air pipe
> system to the automatic choke on the carb. It consists of a rubber hose
> to
> a metal tube that goes into a hole at the bottom of the hot air stack
> which
> is cast into the stock right exhaust manifold. Another metal tube goes
> from the hole at the top of the hot air stack to a fitting that screws
> onto
> the choke assembly at the carb.
>
> Ron Fraser
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