914/6 parts - yellow zinc or black paint Options

[IAA1963]

Hi,

I want to give some parts of my original /6 the original finish again. They are sandblasted, but I am not sure which parts have had zink or paint finish originally.

I think the break shield are yellow zink plated for a /6 and the tank filler unit should be black painted as well as the holder for the muffler. But what about the remaining items.

My /6 is being restored as per original specs and I want to have the details right, too.

Thank you.

Mark

[Tom_T]

Hi,

I want to give some parts of my original /6 the original finish again. They are sandblasted, but I am not sure which parts have had zink or paint finish originally.

I think the break shield are yellow zink plated for a /6 and the tank filler unit should be black painted as well as the holder for the muffler. But what about the remaining items.

My /6 is being restored as per original specs and I want to have the details right, too.

Thank you.

Mark

IIRC the muffler hanger (top), rear brake shields (2nd row L) & gas tank filler/overflow tank (bott/rt.) were all the factory satin black paint finish - like what looks to be an NOS front brake shield at the 2nd row top right - on all 914s 4/6 - so if that's an original part with original finish, you have the match for your painter or PC shop to use with it - keep that as is if it's the genuine Porsche part on the sticker. Recheck below guys one the rear shields.

The rear shock spacers ("L" shaped in 3rd row 2 over from fuel overflow) were silver zinc.

IIRC the the shock top caps are black too - but check with socalandy & toolguy on here by PM for that & the other parts. PM them directly since they may not see this otherwise.

PS -
3 suggestions -

1. Take pix of everything - EVERYTHING - before they come off, as you disassemble, & before you strip them. Then you have a record of where the parts go, how they assemble & ancilliary parts, & what the finish was before (if not originally). A big aid in getting it refinished correctly & put back together correctly. Digital SD cards are cheap insurance!

2. Use walnuts, small beads or other less-aggressive-than-sand media to strip your parts - or dip strip them, to avoid metal distortion & excessive pitting.

3. Also, if you come across rust in your resto, EvapoRust is an excellent & non-toxic rust remover available all over - so a pre-soak in that may eliminate the need to blast many parts at all, only leaving you to clean off the Evapo & sand for smoothness - since it will leave pits where the rust was if deep rust (or at least a ex-rusty surface roughness afterwards).

PSS - Thanx for the correction on the camber plates sbsix. If you have correct pix of them & other parts, it may help the OP get his in order!
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Tom
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