Hemi air filter color

[taxspeaker]

Original Hemi Superbird-air filter color question.

I always thought it was orange, but in going through an old box of parts last night the one in the box was black? I do not know the history but everything else in the box is the original stuff off the car that I am slowly sending out for rebuild. Not planning on changing anything on the car but just thinking in advance. Here is what I am sending out, but the air filter stumped me.

Brake power booster to Booster Dewey
Power steering pump to Firm Feel
Original Fuel Pump to Hal's Classic Preservation Coalition
Distributor-not sure yet, there is 1 in the car (a tach drive with Pertronix), a dual point Prestolite with tach drive, and a regular single point distributor. I don't think any of them are original but open to comments.
Thanks

[Alaskan_TA]

Black is on some of the newer replacements.

Originals were all orange.

[odcics2]

Black is on some of the newer replacements.

Originals were all orange.

2x

[taxspeaker]

Thanka guys

[Alaskan_TA]

Black for driving & orange for shows. 

[gtx6970]

Black is on some of the newer replacements.

Originals were all orange.

x3 , just for good measure.

As to the original dist.
Dual point prestolite , *( No tach drive )  . housing as painted a low gloss black, with a tan dist cap

[maxwellwedge]

Black is on some of the newer replacements.

Originals were all orange.

x4  
With round perf holes - not mesh.

Fram did bring out a "Vintage" series a few years back - but they are all gone too. They were pretty good, but the inside mesh was a little different from an original CA332....among a few other details.
Even those re-issues are going for hundreds each.

[bad88t-top]

Jim,   I heard you let the Disco Daytona go and the new owner is going to restore it.   I didn't think you'd ever let go of that thing.   Hope all is well.

[birdsandbees]

OE was three full rows of holes showing and the upper and lower imbedded into the rubber.. ORANGE. Screen inside with a line down the center of it.

Kevin King just reproduced one to as close as I've seen yet and sent me one for my help. Two things incorrect, instead of spot weld on the metal it's bent and overlapped and the inside mesh doesn't have the line. Other than that is identical to an OE I have in my shop.

All three lids shown are single 4 barrel lids for 383 and 440's.

[maxwellwedge]

Jim,   I heard you let the Disco Daytona go and the new owner is going to restore it.   I didn't think you'd ever let go of that thing.   Hope all is well.

Actually, I traded it a couple of years ago for another car.
I had 3 Daytona's at the time and had to thin the herd a little. Can't keep them all!
I kept "Doc-Tona". It is the first car on the shipping list.....they used it as a Promo car at a few car shows. I'll keep that one.