Air Filter Box Colour

[rugbyref1]

Ok, I am doing some minor work on Monkey (1979 USA TR7 FHC) ... The FASU / FACU needs attention so I thought at the same time I'd repaint the air-box (previous owner had painted it a lovely shade of yellow!). Anyone know the correct original colour & paint code?

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also what goes into the hole at the end of the airbox?

Thanks



<b> Christopher </b>

A reasonable collection.

[Roy Hankins]

Hot air pipe from end of the airbox to the exhaust manifold.

If you're speaking with Paul about the restoration show next year ask him about the airbox colour, he's done some research into this subject.

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[Chris Turner]

Paul has the correct colour in aerosols, I bought one, works great looks just right.
Robsport do a replacement hot air pipe which look good.

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[Paul_TR8]

Chris,
I will bring along some tins to the NEC in November but if you can't make that I will have some at all the TRDC events. I am trying to research the correct colour for the rocker covers next if anyone has an unpainted original.
Paul

[rugbyref1]

Thanks Gents

Roy / Chris ... will get hold of a pipe from Robsport

Paul ... I will be painting it next week .... and I am in Italy at the moment

Rocker cover - I assume you mean the blue one?

<b> Christopher </b>

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[John Wood]

That late airbox should be black, what code I don't know but any gloss black spray will be pretty close.

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[John Wood]

Rocker covers were only blue on some USA cars I have seen.

TR7 Sprint & TR8

[Paul_TR8]

We have matched the black but cannot get you a can as quick as you require.

[Roy Hankins]

It is of course still possible to pick up a new airbox at a reasonable cost.

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[rugbyref1]

I found new early ones ... but not later one ....

<b> Christopher </b>

A reasonable collection.

[FI Spyder]

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Rocker covers were only blue on some USA cars I have seen.
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My Spider (California car) was/is silver. I believe federal cars were blue, California cars were silver. Because California had different (more stringent) emissions than the rest of the world it had it's own rocker colour as well as letter in the VIN number. Another example, Federal Spitfire rocker covers were blue and California's were orange. As with anything BL there was rule of thumb then there were the exceptions (or were parts ran out and others substituted or assembler didn't give a damn or just made a mistake).

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[FI Spyder]

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also what goes into the hole at the end of the airbox?
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Make sure it's temperature resistant. Club member got one from a supplier and it only last two years before it disintegrated. Second one was said to be temp resistant. Don't know how it's been holding up.


- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[birminghamtr7]

i think the federal were duck egg blue from memory

if you factor in the earth's rotation, we are all speeding

[FI Spyder]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by birminghamtr7</i>

i think the federal were duck egg blue from memory

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I call it GM blue as it is the same colour as my oil filter cover and the jubilee clips on my FI rubber intake hoses. I have resprayed them with a generic paint called GM blue and it's the same colour.





- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[Roy Hankins]

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