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Offline socalgt

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'66 a/c condenser dryer finish
« on: June 05, 2017, 09:25:20 PM »
Was the original finish on the bracket that attaches the dryer to the condenser black paint or a silver(zinc)finish?

Offline rockhouse66

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Re: '66 a/c condenser dryer finish
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2017, 09:39:08 PM »
My original SJ car was black paint.
Jim
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Offline Bob Gaines

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Re: '66 a/c condenser dryer finish
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2017, 09:52:47 PM »
My original SJ car was black paint.
+1 .. semigloss black or close
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Re: '66 a/c condenser dryer finish
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2017, 10:30:40 PM »
Thanks....some restorers are zinc plating them for some reason.  I've never seen original brackets with plating myself.

Offline J_Speegle

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Re: '66 a/c condenser dryer finish
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2017, 10:51:11 PM »
Thanks....some restorers are zinc plating them for some reason.  I've never seen original brackets with plating myself.

Might be the way their coming from the supplier or maker. Or another possibility is that their not restoring their cars just fixing them up ;)
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