Topic: 68 front marker light retainer

[J_Speegle]

I don't think it is olive drab because that is very green although flat and darker. The parts like the retainers and  69/70 cowl wiper arms are more bronze then green.  I never gave the zinc dicromate a second thought until I saw some examples of the dark plated . Since the retainer was part of a electrcal assembly like many other light retainers that are zinc dichromate which is typical to electrical I never thought another plating was used.

I believe the dark bronze finish might be very close to the 65-66 seat riser plates that we just had tested. At least that might be a good place to start

Again, as others have stated, might just be a batch or to of plating solution that were mixed differently

[Bob Gaines]

I believe the dark bronze finish might be very close to the 65-66 seat riser plates that we just had tested. At least that might be a good place to start

Again, as others have stated, might just be a batch or to of plating solution that were mixed differently

It does look similar to the seat riser shims. I don't think it is a mistake batch of any kind because there are so many that are consistently that same way over a number of years yet we don't come across any that are (in this hypothetical case) a non contaminated brilliant zinc dichromate gold .