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Old Aug 17, 2011 | 01:02 AM
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Does anybody know what colour is used for a 73 birdcage.It does not appear to be the greeny yellow that I see in other posts.It seems it might have changed around this year
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Old Aug 17, 2011 | 01:15 AM
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My 74 seems to be a mid blue/grey color.
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It appears to be a brown colour
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It's probably old zinc chromate green.

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I have two 73's and there both the same colour,also have a 76 windshield frame & door posts all seem to be this brownish colour.
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I have a 73' and mine is also brown.
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Anybody know if it is a zinc chromate or some kind of epoxy
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My 73 is all black.
I think in 72 it was green chromate which was better but more expensive. 73 was the year they did a lot of cost cutting.

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