Original horn push?

rswaffie · Post by **rswaffie** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:33 pm

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?

cactusman · Post by **cactusman** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:38 pm

Very likely

Post by **Heuer** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 7:11 pm

Yes, 100% original.

rswaffie · Post by **rswaffie** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 8:16 pm

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.....

After....

cactusman · Post by **cactusman** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 8:36 pm

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...

skiracer · Post by **skiracer** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 3:55 pm

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.

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