Tilley R501 Colours

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  1. Rangie

    Rangie United Kingdom Subscriber

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    Hi Folks,

    I'm building up one of my R55s into an R501.
    Its the cream tank version with gold pump/gold band on the bottom rim and gold on the rear of the reflector.

    Now then, has anyone seen a cream R501 in the flesh?
    The bracket and stand, what complimentary colours were they? Both gold? or was the bracket cream?

    A moss/metallic green example HERE is all the same colour :doh:
    However, the shading of these ADVERT ADVERT INSTRUCTIONS would tend to suggest the stand at least is gold :-k

    My RH57 has a light brown stand, but I believe they have subtly different schemes yet again.

    Cheers,
    Alec
     
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    Yes, though I am a bit suspicious about the pin stripes.
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    @Anthony thanks for that. There looks to be a line above the pinstripes which suggests they may be stick-on :-k Looks nice though, subtle. The gold of the stand looks to be darker than the gold on the base rim, a bit like the gold on the rear of the reflectors that (seems to) dull darker with time/heat cycles.

    The BROCHURE from Mick Emm which mentions colour combinations suggests a fawn heater with a fawn stand.
    Other examples however suggest otherwise! :lol: :doh:

    After digging around I've found a moss green heater with moss green stand HERE, a silver heater with silver stand HERE, and another fawn heater with gold stand HERE.

    I think I've convinced myself to pair a cream/fawn R55 with gold R501 "accessories" :lol: :whistle:
    Alec.
     
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    Hi @Rangie
    A chap I know has one with a gold frame.. all original :thumbup:
     
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