Door hinges, Original door hinges… Painted? |
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Door hinges, Original door hinges… Painted? |
Ishley |
Aug 2 2022, 09:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: 4-October 21 From: Clarendon Hills Il Member No.: 25,957 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I have a 1972 1.7 that I’m restoring. One of the areas that I can’t find any information on is how the door hinges were originally finished. Mine have been sprayed over several times and when I repaint I want it to look right.
Were the hinges painted to the same color of the car? What about the bolts and pins. We’re they painted or zinc/cadmium plated. I ran my bolts through my ultrasonic cleaner and it appears they are black underneath the layers of paint. Does anyone have an original picture of how it was finished from the factory? |
bbrock |
Aug 4 2022, 01:08 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I know this is a bit of apples and oranges being a different model, factory, and time, but this video clearly shows the doors of 356s were on the chassis when color was sprayed at 13:36. If the 914 assembly was similar, the bolts and pins would have been painted.
Then later in the video, the doors are removed to assemble them and reinstalled later. Hypothetically, it might be possible for a set of bolts to get damaged or misplaced during that process and replaced with a set of unpainted bolts. Thus, the ultra-rare original car with unpainted bolts could leave the factory. Yes, it is wild speculation but (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj7KTZ2MOgo |
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