[Tigers] Air cleaner color

[Owain Lloyd]

Repro bought a few years back.  I can’t tell the difference to be honest.
Really nicely made.

Il giorno mar 18 gen 2022 alle 21:24 jimdamelio <jimdamelio at verizon.net> ha
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> Looks great.  Is that an original or one of the reproductions?
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> Sent from my Galaxy
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> From: Owain Lloyd via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
> Date: 1/18/22 3:01 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: GARY WINBLAD <garywinblad at comcast.net>
> Cc: Tiger List List <tigers at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Air cleaner color
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> Thanks all.
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> Maybe not perfectly original but it’s turned out looking nice.
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> Il giorno mar 18 gen 2022 alle 01:33 GARY WINBLAD <garywinblad at comcast.net>
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>> Do both sides of each plate have the same hammer tone finish?
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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
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>> I also shot my photos in natural, non-glaring lighting conditions.
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>> The more I look at my Air Cleaner in outside, cloudy light, and then at
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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 <aballard at ixnetcom.com>
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>> *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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>> On Jan 17, 2022, at 11:13 AM, Ron Fraser via Tigers <
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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
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>> On Jan 17, 2022 6:15 AM, Owain Lloyd via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
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>> Does anyone have a paint code for the grey on the air cleaner housing?
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