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<blockquote data-quote="Cyborg" data-source="post: 178269" data-attributes="member: 3426"><p>Here’s a few. I have other NOS ones, but on some, the colours are quite bright, so unsure if lighting played a factor. They look weird to me. “Sprayed with durable and attractive metallic lacquer“ Definitely not fuel proof…resistant maybe. The bike is Len Hardy’s Lightning with <200 miles and stored inside. Faded, but still visible. I think the different shades on NOS carbs speaks to the “cheapest paint available“ comment.</p><p>On the used carbs, it’s obvious that fuel residue etc also makes a difference. I had a look at my float bowl, and I’d say 95% chance it’s NOS. It’s not a TT float bowl. There are no signs of crap inside the bowl and you can still see the “Amal” cast in at the bottom ( inside). I suspect there are lots of folks who don’t know is says Amal inside there because it has rotted away or been scraped out along with the crud. It looks a little more silver in real life. The bride’s green placemat probably isn’t the best background.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]61729[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]61730[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]61731[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]61732[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]61734[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]61735[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]61736[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cyborg, post: 178269, member: 3426"] Here’s a few. I have other NOS ones, but on some, the colours are quite bright, so unsure if lighting played a factor. They look weird to me. “Sprayed with durable and attractive metallic lacquer“ Definitely not fuel proof…resistant maybe. The bike is Len Hardy’s Lightning with <200 miles and stored inside. Faded, but still visible. I think the different shades on NOS carbs speaks to the “cheapest paint available“ comment. On the used carbs, it’s obvious that fuel residue etc also makes a difference. I had a look at my float bowl, and I’d say 95% chance it’s NOS. It’s not a TT float bowl. There are no signs of crap inside the bowl and you can still see the “Amal” cast in at the bottom ( inside). I suspect there are lots of folks who don’t know is says Amal inside there because it has rotted away or been scraped out along with the crud. It looks a little more silver in real life. The bride’s green placemat probably isn’t the best background. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_1099.jpeg"]61729[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_0910.jpeg"]61730[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_0915.jpeg"]61731[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_0927.jpeg"]61732[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_0979.jpeg"]61734[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="1954 Black Lightning-07.jpeg"]61735[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_5753.jpeg"]61736[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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