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BERNIE 02-19-2015 02:29 PM
Caliper colour
 
On a 289 car what is colour on Girling 16/3 and 12/3H caliper,gold ,silver ,painted or plated ?,

Thanks,

Bernie

1985 CCX 02-19-2015 02:40 PM
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Cad Plated

1985 CCX 02-19-2015 02:42 PM
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Another angle

rsk289 02-19-2015 03:04 PM
50s and 60s British cars typically had yellow cadmium plate, now not possible in the UK. I have mine done in yellow passivated zinc, which is as close as you can get.

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Dan Case 02-19-2015 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by rsk289 (Post 1340193)
50s and 60s British cars typically had yellow cadmium plate, now not possible in the UK. I have mine done in yellow passivated zinc, which is as close as you can get.
The new old stock Cobra ones I pulled from shipping boxes in the 1980s to examine had no dichromate conversion coating, just plain cadmium plating which ages to a light gray. I have not seen any dichromate on any of the original brake calipers I have rebuilt on street Cobras.

Long ago CSX2310 still had the ink stamps on the rear calipers (assembly numbers and other text) that eventually washed off.


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