rear driveshaft original colour

[MATCOS]

Anyone know 100% for sure what colour they from the factory, I have pics below of 'standard' cars and they are all different

Does anyone have any better pics of standard 'as new' cars please?









CHEERS

[Dave]

When I was at John's last year he had some nos drive shafts Mat, non of them were painted at all.

They had a strange finish, a bit like tape wrapped around in a spiral fashion but obviousl not tape. Sorry that prob sounds confusing

[Rolls]

sorry, but
This buftyness thats one step too far - it won't make any difference if they're a slightly different shade will it?

[Dave]

sorry, but
This buftyness thats one step too far - it won't make any difference if they're a slightly different shade will it?

Spoken like a true non believer

Yes it will make ALL the difference

[blacky]

i would have said zinc coat or mat black over zinc

[MATCOS]

Cheers lads
I may go with the kind of grey finish on the red one above, I quite like that

and Dave, I haven't ever seen ones like you saw at John's-very odd

[cosmo]

Mercury Grey is a very close match iirc

[luca]

Got to love a concours underbelly shot.

[The Radman]

they were deffo never painted mat,ive always assumed they were just bare metal the same as the hubs etc

[cosmo]

they were deffo never painted mat,ive always assumed they were just bare metal the same as the hubs etc

so were they electroplated

[MATCOS]

I will deffo have to paint them, I actually have some mercury grey so will try that.
No wonder they go rusty if they weren't ever coated

[The Radman]

suppose they could have been plated with something, [that corrodes very quickly] lol prob 1,000000000 of a micron thick
they look quite good when painted a decent colour

[The Radman]

this is a new gen ford item,though its for a normal mk5

[R5COS]

this is the only one i can find it belongs to a guy up in northern ireland and john taylor restored it as per it left the factory.

[MATCOS]

Thanking you, I don't have that one