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Posted by: scotty b Jan 20 2007, 05:43 PM

I was dissasembling and cleaning some CV's/axles to powder coat and rebuild and thought of you guys when I saw these paint markings. I also dug up another set to see if this was a fluke, see for yourselves. The first two are from a 73 1.7, no gaurantee BOTH are original to that car, thus the possible reason for the diffe rent colors. The one on the right is very faint but is DEFFINITLY a white paint mark.

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Posted by: scotty b Jan 20 2007, 05:45 PM

The white one also had these two yellow spots on the shaft. However NONE of the other three had these marks

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Posted by: scotty b Jan 20 2007, 05:48 PM

These two both came off of a 74 with 53,000 original miles so I am fairly certain they are the originals to that car. Againnthe white is hard to see but I am positive they are indeed white paint marks. The interesting thins is that the white marks almost look likt a letter, but the blue mark is simply a dot. Sorry for the lousy pic

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Posted by: Pat Garvey Jan 21 2007, 11:30 AM

Oh good - another mystery paint marking!

Somehow, we've got to find some old timer who worked on the line, so we can find out what these markings meant. Are they worth reproducing?

I think the engine tin markings are because they are readily visible. But we still need to know what they mean.

For these axle markings, could they be so simple as to indictae right or left?

Pat

Posted by: 911quest Jan 21 2007, 11:59 AM

[Its probably to show the next person on the line that axles have been tightend

Posted by: scotty b Jan 21 2007, 12:05 PM

For the most part (pretty much always) paint markings were applied by the people werking the assembly line to denote the proper werk had been done. If you look at the Barret Jackson type restorations, those guys ALWAYS want those markings reproduced for "authenticity" I believe the colors were also specific to each person, Bill's marks were blue, Joe's marks were white etc. that way any issues could be traced back to the specific werker.

Posted by: 911quest Jan 21 2007, 01:52 PM

A funny story I read in some book magazine who knows but anyway they said that most of the prototype cars panels were so far off they didn't know if the guy on the left actually talked to the guy on the right