PULLEY PLATING

[red67]

The crank and water pump pulleys on my 1967 Norwood 11B convertible with 327/275 are grey plated. This seems consistent with the original cars I've seen. I have a few sets of these pulleys from this era and they are all plated except for the LOS AC pulleys I have which are black. Not sure if they are plated or painted. The AC pulleys came from a very original parts car in San Diego so I don't think they have been painted over the years. Anyone know if the installed pulley finish was mixed or plant specific?

[Kurt S]

There are 4 pulleys possible (crank, smog, ps, wp) on a car. 27 pulleys used in production in 69 Camaros.
I don't think it's possible to make blanket statements about them. They came from different suppliers with different processes.

[m22mike]

Very well said Kurt [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] I find it amusing at times that some guys want all aspects on the build of these car's and there components spelled out in black and white almost 50 years later. Pulley finish is just one of many we could talk about, JMO.

Mike

[camaromb]

There are certainly many variables with model year, plant, time of year etc. My experience has been primarily '69 Camaro, both plants. We are all trying to do what is most typical of when our cars were built; part finishes, under-body oversparay, trunk splatter, dash finishes, body color match, etc. The survivor cars are the best examples, even if there are very few true survivors. The excellent survivor 21k mile '69Z in hugger orange at the MCACN show was great to see. Even that car had an original non-deep groove smog pulley from the factory, certainly not typical.