1969 Brake Backing Plate Finish?

[Chrisg911s]

I have owned 3 69's and two had black brake backing plates while one actually had blue. I am assuming the blue was not factory but I am not certain on the black. Can anyone definitively say if the brake backing plates in 1969 were black or CAD plated in 1969?

Thanks in advance for your help.

- Chris

[classic]

Chris,

All the 69ers I've seen are black.

When I removed the black paint off mine during the resto, I noticed that they still had some cad plating under the black paint.

[Chrisg911s]

Thanks Tony. Could it have been Cad plated before paint from the factory or something that was done by a previous owner?

[beh911]

They were plated, not painted, originally. This is my opinion based on photos of very low mile original cars

[Scott72]

I asked a similar question and also found mine plated behind the paint. Here is the thread.

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ighlight=brake

[classic]

I think for a 69 they were plated and then painted, but it may be a Porsche V Karmann thing, and it looks like they stopped the practice in 70 cars