Having looked through the various reference books, I've been unable to confirm whether all S1 3.8s had a black air filter cylinder housing or whether they were changed to silver ahead of the 4.2 S1 was introduced.
Last night I was watching on BBC iPlayer the earlier recording of "The Car's the Star" on the E-Type which, for some reason, is currently available. This showed a clip of what appeared to be a promotional film for the 4.2 S1 and this showed that car with a black air filter cylinder. Does this answer the question insofar that all 3.8s and some of the early 4.2s had black cylinders? I've attached a screen grab below.
Air Filter Cylinder Colour
#2 Re: Air Filter Cylinder Colour
My 4.2 S1 was made in January 67 and has a black air cylinder. I recently sanded it to bare metal and it was black right down to metal. Not a definitive word , I know, but a good indicator .
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Keith
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Keith
1967 S1.25 OTS, 1952 MG TD
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#3 Re: Air Filter Cylinder Colour
Hi Phil....have you looked at the service bulletins in the Knowledge base technical section...also you can search xkedata...it has many Es listed (and you should put yours on there)...you can get a very good idea of when things changed over by viewing photos of cars by date and chassis number... Steve
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69 S2 2+2 (just sold) ..Realm C type replica, 1960 xk150fhc
69 S2 2+2 (just sold) ..Realm C type replica, 1960 xk150fhc
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#4 Re: Air Filter Cylinder Colour
The filter canister was semi-gloss black on all 3.8's and early 4.2's. After that they were silver.
David Jones
S1 OTS OSB; S1 FHC ODB
1997 Porsche 911 Guards Red
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S1 OTS OSB; S1 FHC ODB
1997 Porsche 911 Guards Red
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#5 Re: Air Filter Cylinder Colour
Hi Stevemgcjag wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 7:29 amHi Phil....have you looked at the service bulletins in the Knowledge base technical section...also you can search xkedata...it has many Es listed (and you should put yours on there)...you can get a very good idea of when things changed over by viewing photos of cars by date and chassis number... Steve
Yes - mine is there and I did a trawl forward and backwards from that point. Quite a few cars have had theirs painted silver. However, I had not gone into the 4.2s which would likely have showed up some black cylinders..... Phil
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1964 S1 3.8 OTS
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#6 Re: Air Filter Cylinder Colour
Silver on my 3 March 67.
Mark
67 OTS 1E14988, 2015 Camry XSE
67 OTS 1E14988, 2015 Camry XSE
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