68 rs z28 headlight bucket-dish. finish

[Kaanderson]

Hi, can someone tell me what the correct finish on the headlight buckets? The car has 1 painted black and one is a dull metal finish.  The repro ones are painted black. I would think the metal finish is correct. The car is a Feb build.
Thank you for your time

[169INDY]

It is very possible the GM drawings allowed for both options for preservation, i.e. finishes; Paint or Plate. I have seen them both ways are take apart cars.

[Mike S]

If it's the same for 67 then galvanized was the finish.

Mike

[Kaanderson]

Thank you

[rare396bronze]

My 68 is galvonized. Hope this helps.

[169INDY]

1968 STD

[Kaanderson]

Thanks again everyone. I appreciate the help.

[firstgenaddict]

I've seen 4 head lamp cars with 2 galv on one pod and two black on the other.

[169INDY]

I might have made a mistake, but not a big problem, Mine had a assumed "yellow dichromate" tint to the Galv spangled surface so I took the  easy way out and just Zinc Dichromate plated them (Restoration purposes) you loose the unique galv spangled appearance - compromise. Really when installed you do not see much of it.

I would assume, the sheets that these were stamped from were pre treated or they were hot dip galvanized after the fact.

My 68RS had one of each, but now that I think about it, It suffered a previous Owners girlfriend and a ditch and a line pole, so service bucket might have been installed (Black).

Jim

[firstgenaddict]

You can strip the gold off using evaporust or weak citric acid.