[Tigers] Air cleaner color

Tue Jan 18 12:57:22 MST 2022

Thanks all.

Maybe not perfectly original but it’s turned out looking nice.

Il giorno mar 18 gen 2022 alle 01:33 GARY WINBLAD <garywinblad at comcast.net>
ha scritto:

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> I think the hammertone was only on the outside.. hope so, when it starts
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> into the engine..  or course I guess it would just mix with the brake
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> Gary
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> On 01/17/2022 7:09 PM Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:
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> Do both sides of each plate have the same hammer tone finish?
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> Ron Fraser
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> *From:* Donald Antilla <fast427 at sbcglobal.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, January 17, 2022 2:13 PM
> *To:* Allan Ballard <aballard at ix.netcom.com>; Ron Fraser <
> rfraser at bluefrog.com>
> *Cc:* Tiger List List <tigers at Autox.Team.Net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Air cleaner color
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> Alan: Yours looks very much like mine, but your paint is in better
> condition than mine.
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> I also shot my photos in natural, non-glaring lighting conditions.
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> (I shared three photos in an earlier Email today.)
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> The more I look at my Air Cleaner in outside, cloudy light, and then at
> your photos, the more I could be easily convinced it is Hammertone.
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> Regards,
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> Don Antilla
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> *From: *Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Allan Ballard
> via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Reply-To: *Allan Ballard <aballard at ix.netcom.com>
> *Date: *Monday, January 17, 2022 at 1:49 PM
> *To: *Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>
> *Cc: *Tiger List List <tigers at Autox.Team.Net>
> *Subject: *Re: [Tigers] Air cleaner color
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> Here a few pictures of the bottom piece of one of my air cleaner housings.
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> This housing came off a Mk1 Tiger and went on a shelf exposed to the
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> It sat for years - until I bought it at a “yard sale” for 60 bucks, along
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> I believe the paint is original - what’s left of it.
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> The paint appears to be alligatoring and falling off.
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> The pictures were taken with a DSLR camera using natural light from a
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> There is no “hue” from an incandescent or florescent bulb, or any light
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> Perhaps someone can tell if the finish was hammertone.
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> The color must be the factory color as toned by the years and weather.
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> -Allan Ballard
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> Mk1a Tiger
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> Series I Alpine(V6, T5)
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> -Atlanta
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> On Jan 17, 2022, at 11:13 AM, Ron Fraser via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
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> Bob
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>                 Interesting – can you send a picture?
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> Ron Fraser
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> *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
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> 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
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> On Jan 17, 2022 6:15 AM, Owain Lloyd via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
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> Hi all,  happy new year.
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> Does anyone have a paint code for the grey on the air cleaner housing?
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> Thanks!
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