The 'E' Type Forum

On my series 2 FHC the front suspension wishbones are gold coloured. Is this down to the eccentricity of a previous owner or might it indicate an aftermarket source?

Good coloured?......if you mean body colour then down to previous owner...Steve

Maybe it's a typo and they are gold? Passivated zinc perhaps?

Sorry for the typo - yes gold coloured. Not crudely painted, either.

Ok so not standard finnish....previous owners preferance or plater made a mistake?...Steve

Jonathan, the wishbones should be either cad plated or black. Most were cad plated but on my S2 FHC I found no trace of cad. And I did find black paint in hard to get paint into places on them when removed. My car had never been disassembled as I knew the original owner. I did some painstaking research and found that some Series 1 and some Series 2 cars did leave the factory with the wishbones sprayed black. I could not find why but some were painted black.

Most people have them plated with clear zinc, which looks silver, because cad plating is obsolete these days.

Thank you for your helpful replies.