[Tigers] Air cleaner color

[Allan Ballard]

Here a few pictures of the bottom piece of one of my air cleaner housings.

This housing came off a Mk1 Tiger and went on a shelf exposed to the elements where
It sat for years - until I bought it at a “yard sale” for 60 bucks, along with other Tiger parts.

I believe the paint is original - what’s left of it.

The paint appears to be alligatoring and falling off.

The pictures were taken with a DSLR camera using natural light from a window to the right. 

There is no “hue” from an incandescent or florescent bulb, or any light bulb..

Perhaps someone can tell if the finish was hammertone.

The color must be the factory color as toned by the years and weather.

-Allan Ballard
Mk1a Tiger
Series I Alpine(V6, T5)
-Atlanta


> On Jan 17, 2022, at 11:13 AM, Ron Fraser via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Bob
>                 Interesting – can you send a picture?
>  
> Ron Fraser
>  
> From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Bob Dobrowski via Tigers
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2022 10:26 AM
> To: owain.lloyd at gmail.com
> Cc: tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Air cleaner color
>  
> Interestingly, my air cleaner housing which is in rough shape but appears to have original paint still on it definitely is NOT Hammerstein type of paint. It is a slightly  blueish grey closer to the convertible top frame but slightly  bluer
>  
> On Jan 17, 2022 6:15 AM, Owain Lloyd via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>> Hi all,  happy new year.
>> Does anyone have a paint code for the grey on the air cleaner housing?
>>  
>> Thanks!
> 
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