69 headlight door springs

[kelly theaker]

recently read that the springs for the headlight doors were color coded , i had seen some green on the springs when i was restoring the assembly and just thought that it was vynl wash overspray , then Chris sangerson had mentioned he thought they were orange and olive green . Anyone look to see what color thier original car has , i noticed one set of springs is a larger coil diameter than the other , can the members check please through the grill opening and call out color as to to diameter of coil and placement. Thanks

[Terry M.]

Re: 69 headlight door springs

Best I can tell on my 1970 is that the orange is the outer, larger diameter spring. I can not tell the color of the inner, smaller diameter spring, however. I too am interested in what folks with cars in better condition find. There is very little color left on mine, so some confirmation would be welcome.

[Warren F.]

Re: 69 headlight door springs

Terry:

I had never looked into this before. On my 1971, my outer larger springs are painted white, and the inner smaller springs are not painted, with some slight surface rust forming in some small spots.

[Chuck S.]

Re: 69 headlight door springs

Kelly, you are worse with names than I am with spring colors...you're batting 0 for 2.

[Harmon C.]

Re: 69 headlight door springs

On original cars I have seen the springs painted body color.

[Mark D.]

Re: 69 headlight door springs

I believe the outer springs were installed during the paint process and the inner two added later. I have included a JPEG of a fairly low mile 69 we judged in SFO this past spring.

Regards,

Mark Donnally

[Warren F.]

Re: 69 headlight door springs

Mark:

That's just what my springs look like on my original paint '71 LS-6, only a Classic white exterior color car.