Trunk lid bolt finsih: Yellow or painted? Options

[doug_b_928]

In one of his youtube videos from Auto Atlanta, George says that the rear trunk lid bolts were originally painted. I've never seen an original 914 in person and he's seen many, so I believe him. However, there are two sources that I'll detail below, which suggest that some may not have been painted. In "the few, the rare" thread in the originality subforum, that car (if I recall correctly it's a 73) is said to be completely original and untouched. The bolts and flat washers are clearly yellow cad and the spring washer is black chromate. Here's a pic snipped from that thread (it does look like the lid has been adjusted because there appears to be a shim washer between the bracket and the lid, though it's tough to tell from the pic):



There's a youtube video of what's said by the original owner featured in the video to be a completely original 72 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mS1WNll3hs). It also does not have painted hardware. There are some non-original items on this car including the shift knob and some kind of heat sink looking thing bolted to the padless firewall, but the owner explicitly says that the car has completely original paint which would suggest that the trunk lid bolts are likely to be original. Here's a pic snipped from that video:



So, I'm wondering what others (who care to think about such minutiae) think is the truth. I'm guessing the truth might be most were painted but for some reason, perhaps even at the factory, on some cars maybe they had to remove the lids and they put back on new hardware when reinstalling. Personally, I like the look of the plated hardware and may end up leaving it that way on my restoration. But I am curious if, given these supposedly all original cars, both ways could be considered to be correct from an originality perspective.