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02-05-2022, 05:14 PM
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I am going to check the flute design inside the caps, however the caps I have found on 68-69 survivors and original cars in storage for many years are much more defined, the edges are sharper and the VERY center of the cap ornament is actually a shallow cone - if you lightly run your finger over the center you can actually feel the point, the later caps are "softer".
IMHO IT appears like someone buffed an original ornament and made a mold from that. Rounding the crisp definition and thus the proceeding batches were not as crisp as the first. I believe I have a damaged cap with the sharp definition - I am going to section both and then the differences will be obvious if they are not currently. FIRST PHOTO is the shallow cone center Second Photo is the less defined dome
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~JAG~ NCRS#65120 68 GTO HO 4 spd Alpine Blue /Parchment 2 owner car #21783 71 Corvette LT1 45k miles Orig paint - Brandshatch Green - National Top Flight - last known 71 LT1 built. 71 Corvette LT1 42k miles Original paint - Black - black leather - only black LT1 known to exist. NUMEROUS Lemans blue Camaros, Monza Red and Daytona Yellow Corvettes & a Chevelle or two... Survivors, restored cars, & other photos https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/myphotos Last edited by firstgenaddict; 02-05-2022 at 05:17 PM. 
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