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Too Many Projects 12-17-2021 05:27 PM

rs gas cap, is it OEM ?
 
This cap was on my car when I bought it 15 years ago. My car is an SS, so I bought one of those sideways Classic Industries caps for it. I always believed it to be an original, but cleaning it up today, I don't see any part number cast in it. It does have a casting clock in the recess for the rs bar, but that's all I can find. Wondering if it is real or an early repop.


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cook_dw 12-17-2021 06:52 PM

Yes original assembly line.

John Brown 12-17-2021 07:40 PM

Most (all?) reproduction caps are screwed together, not riveted.

wvhylander 12-17-2021 07:54 PM

I bought a NOS cap that had the screws. I destroyed a RS cap, that was in worse shape than the one pictured, to get the rivets. Removed the screws and installed the old rivets. They fit snugly,(not snug enough to need a press) but I used JB weld for added security. May help somebody else doing the Judging thing.

Too Many Projects 12-17-2021 09:59 PM

Thanks guys. I will be selling it and didn't want to misrepresent it.
The repro SS cap i got 14 years ago from Classic HEADQUARTERS, not Industries, is riveted. Too bad they riveted them all off clock and the SS sits crooked...:thumbsdown:

hogdaddy 12-17-2021 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Brown (Post 1575198)
Most (all?) reproduction caps are screwed together, not riveted.

Later service parts standard flat caps received screws.
Post #546. Chick tells how to swap screws for the rivets.
I have one of these caps somewhere.

https://www.camaros.net/threads/time...8#post-1728408

Igosplut 12-18-2021 02:34 PM

Like this?

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Igosplut 12-18-2021 02:36 PM

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