Topic: Painted airbox... was it stock?

[heffay]

I was at East Side Performance here in Mesa, AZ and he has an original/unrestored CB750 in there with only a few thousand miles on it... just beautiful

It has an airbox that is gold to match the bike, it looks like a rattle can job with a run down the side.  Did they come stock with painted airboxes?  Maybe fuel damaged the paint, who knows. 

But that's my question, is it stock?

[ekpent]

1970 and earlier had smooth painted airbox. Worth very good money if you can find them without cracks. They were fragile and are being reproduced.

[heffay]

Thanks for the info... he has some very minty bikes, I posted them a few weeks ago.
I didn't think he would try to pull one over one me, but I'd just never seen it before.