Speed Nuts - Correct Color 1973?

[Aircool]

Searched previous threads but did not find what I was looking for. Can anyone tell me what the correct color was for the emblem speed nuts? I have seen both the yellow/cad and silver.

Thanks,

Steve

[Chuck Miller]

Mine are/were silver.......

[Aircool]

Thanks guys! I am finding that all of mine are silver. I saw some for the crest that were gold on Stoddard's site and wasn't sure which were correct.

Eric - I have not seen that type before. Hard to argue with a 17000 mile original paint car though. These are the ones I have on my car and was referring to:

http://www.sierramadrecollection.com...ip-p18644.html

[Chuck Miller]

Took a look under the hood... and in my tool box at my spare...

Hmmmm.....One of each........

I will defer to Eric and his research ... He always does his homework...

[Dmill]

This might be one of those nuanced items that depends on when the car was built. I believe the steel sandwiched with rubber keapers are newer than the metal speed nuts with soft material in the center.

It seems the more I research my '73 (build date 10/72), the more I find '72ish equipment on my car...it seems the '73 cars are victims of being a crossover year...the factory had already started production on several of the "G" body components prior to the model year change over....So some 'MY '74 components made their way into late model year build '73's

I wonder if these little guys are one of those items...Soooo....as the bins of metal speed nuts ran out, they were replaced with bins of the steel sanwdwiched rubber

[Dmill]

Eric:
I am sure you are correct....my suposition was based on a small sample of cars.

[beh911]

FWIW,

What I have found is that hood emblems are held on by the sandwiched steel speed nuts, and the rear decklid use the rubber with metal center for sale everywhere currently.

My 69 is this way as well as a number of other very low mile original early LWB cars. Can't speak for SWB or the 72-73 cars.

[Silverbullit]

I go back as an old parts guy....the 'rubberized' ones are correct for early cars, both front and rear and carried a 901 part number. There was a special tool with prongs that engaged the 4 'divits' in the rubber.
The metal/rubber 'hex-head' type were phased in in the '72-'73 era, first as a spare part which carried a 999 part number. (IIRC).
It was not a case of randomly "use some of these, then use some of those".