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| Mike Fitton |
 Nov 13 2019, 10:06 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-May 11 From: Chicago Area Member No.: 13,069 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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I PM'd George at AA to ask why his repro tow hooks are a gold finish when the originals were silver finish. His answer was they were gold finish, Huh? Below is an original 914-6 tool kit and the one I had with my 6 was also silver finish. Anyone one else?
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| bdstone914 |
Nov 13 2019, 07:06 PM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,517 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
All the ones I have seen in 914 kits were gold. I have three originals that I did in gold zinc. I have heard of other parts that were reported to have been done in both colors.
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| 914Sixer |
Nov 13 2019, 07:33 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,879 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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I have to go with Bruce. It always depended on who mas making them. I ordered two LE spoiler brackets from Porsche in Germany. Waited a month for them. One came in yellow zinc and the other one was in red primer paint. Another recent example was the discussion on late sail panel material, it was a completely different style of material than the earlier cars.
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| rgalla9146 |
Nov 13 2019, 08:15 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,551 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None
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I'm with the gold crowd.
The two with the clean threads were re-plated based on the appearance of the other two. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| johnhora |
Nov 13 2019, 08:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Derby City KY Member No.: 107 Region Association: None
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Sometimes the gold cad gets buffed or chem removed..
I'm sure many have tried to clean up a cad part and it ends up not so gold anymore. Even the P209 fan tool on the far left and the allen wrench I've seen in gold or silver. It always seemed like cast metal didn't take cad well and the stamped metal did. Both will pass the judge. |
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