Factory finish is the gold cadmium plating. It could have come off
when you stripped the black paint. It was a very thin coating from
the factory. If you want some one to do it, try here-
http://peachstatechevelles.com/content.aspx?page_id=155&club_id=549354&item_id=1198
or here- www.brakeboosters.com
BillL
At 07:26 PM 4/23/2006, you wrote:
I'm in the process of restoring the power brake booster for my '68
El Camino, SBC. I always thought they had a LIGHT zinc-cad finish
on them. This one had black paint put on it years ago (hey, I was
in high school back then), so as I stripped the black paint off with
paint remover I was expecting to see a zinc-cad finish. What I
found was bare metal, without a trace of any type of zinc-cad
finish. It was way too many years ago when I applied the black
paint to know for sure what was under it at that time, but I'm
confused now. I did find a zinc-cad finish on the master cylinder
cover after I stripped the same black paint off of it, however the
booster doesn't even appear to ever have had that type of
finsh. Did they come from the factory with a blackout on them, or
bare metal finish?
Kevin Riel
