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Robert
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Username: robert

Post Number: 275
Registered: 07-2003
Posted on Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 05:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If someone would like to copy these plates there seems to be a need for them, I have cleaned and scanned this one I received (Thanks again, Derek). It measures 1.25" x 2.5", and .027" thick. (21 Gauge , American Wire Standard) The text is acid-etched of course. The word "Gray" was done in black paint, and the rest including the border, in red. The surface of the plate is chemically blacked to a dull grey. The image is as scanned in the first photo and inverted in the second.
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William Schaller
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Username: billschaller

Post Number: 261
Registered: 12-2003


Posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 - 07:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks for the clear scans. In my experience, most Grays did not have a brass tag, they had the serial number stamped on the flywheel, and on a boss on the side of the cylinder. I am sure this was done to save a little bit of money when Gray was in fierce competition with other engine makers.
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Robert
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Username: robert

Post Number: 278
Registered: 07-2003
Posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 - 11:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bill, would I be correct in thinking that the Model T Grays always had such a tag? Those we've had photos of here seem to.
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William Schaller
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Username: billschaller

Post Number: 262
Registered: 12-2003


Posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 - 11:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

when I come back from my trip, I might have some time to look, but I am more inclined to think that all Grays from a certain time period have tags, and after that, none. I have a T without a tag, but I don't have time right now to see if it was stolen.
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Robert
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Username: robert

Post Number: 334
Registered: 07-2003
Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 01:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bill, did you ever get to look? I was just looking at this plate again which reminded me.

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