Hi,
I have just cleaned up the horn push from my ‘63 FHC, prior to reuniting it with the restored wheel and upper column. The car was very original when I got it and I think this may also be the correct original ‘growler’. What do you guys think?
Original horn push?
#1 Original horn push?
Richard
Previous owner and restorer of a S1 3.8 FHC Opalescent Golden Sand with Tan Trim 889504 (now sold and headed for Athens)
Previous owner and restorer of a S1 3.8 FHC Opalescent Golden Sand with Tan Trim 889504 (now sold and headed for Athens)
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#2 Re: Original horn push?
Very likely
Julian the E-type man
1962 FHC
1966 MGB....fab little car too
1962 FHC
1966 MGB....fab little car too
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#3 Re: Original horn push?
Yes, 100% original.
David Jones
S1 OTS OSB; S1 FHC ODB
1997 Porsche 911 Guards Red
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S1 OTS OSB; S1 FHC ODB
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#4 Re: Original horn push?
Thanks chaps. I’ve just finished cleaning up the Bakelite surround, which with a little wire wool, India ink an a final buff with black shoe polish, has come up ok. There are a couple of small chips around the inner ridge that will need attention before I’ll be happy with it.
Before.....
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Before.....
After....
Richard
Previous owner and restorer of a S1 3.8 FHC Opalescent Golden Sand with Tan Trim 889504 (now sold and headed for Athens)
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#5 Re: Original horn push?
looking superb...you can do mine next! ....everyone does it differently when restoring but a teensy bit of patina of age never did any harm in my opinion...
Julian the E-type man
1962 FHC
1966 MGB....fab little car too
1962 FHC
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#6 Re: Original horn push?
Your's certainly looks to be original as others have already verified. All of the reproductions I have seen have the growler's ears in white squares (not black squares as the originals) and the checkerboard squares have rounded corners not sharp corners like the originals.
Doug
1968 Series 1.5 E-Type OTS (Early production)
1968 Series 1.5 E-Type OTS (Early production)
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