[Tigers] Air cleaner color

[Owain Lloyd]

Good to know.  Fits my pro systems custom made carb fine.  If they don’t
fit a Holley 4150, makes you wonder what they are designed to fit.  Maybe
there is something different about your carb?

Il giorno mar 18 gen 2022 alle 22:11 jimdamelio <jimdamelio at verizon.net> ha
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> I got a reproduction and so did a friend.  Found out they don't fit on a
> Holley 1850 4 bbl without a spacer.  The bottom on the base plate isn't
> punched deep enough.  I compared it to my original which fits fine.
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> From: Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd at gmail.com>
> Date: 1/18/22 3:35 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: jimdamelio <jimdamelio at verizon.net>
> Cc: GARY WINBLAD <garywinblad at comcast.net>, Tiger List List <
> tigers at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Air cleaner color
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> Repro bought a few years back.  I can’t tell the difference to be honest.
> Really nicely made.
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> Il giorno mar 18 gen 2022 alle 21:24 jimdamelio <jimdamelio at verizon.net>
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>> Looks great.  Is that an original or one of the reproductions?
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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 <garywinblad at comcastnet>> ha scritto:
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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
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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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>>> 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 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
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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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