I've been studying every old picture I can find of the 57-58 D14 (original non-barred grill) since I'm about to mount up the rear wheels. I've always thought the lug bolts and nuts that hold the eccentric bodies on, were orange or cream depending on model and year. It really appears from every original picture I've found, that the first two years were silver/aluminum (perhaps the D17 in it's first year too). I'd never thought of it until I saw one restored that way and at first thought "Wrong". Now I'm thinking they might have been right. The only photos that don't show that, were the prototypes.
Though both my D14s were in original colors when I got them, the lugs and eccentrics were badly rusted, so I wouldn't have known.
Anyone have a recollection of seeing these early years with silver on the lugs and eccentric nuts? Talking about the rears only and only the 57 and 58.
Though both my D14s were in original colors when I got them, the lugs and eccentrics were badly rusted, so I wouldn't have known.
Anyone have a recollection of seeing these early years with silver on the lugs and eccentric nuts? Talking about the rears only and only the 57 and 58.
