Morning team

Can anyone tell me what finish the factory tow bars and associated bracketry came with?

Mine's part body colour, part silverfrost :)

Were they galvanised, cad plated, chasis black???

What was the tongue done and was the ball black or chrome??

Cheers

Jeremy

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The G will roll again....

Thanks Warren

And were the tongues chrome? Looks to be in the Nashco brochure.

What about the balls? Isn't one at all in the Nashco brochure :)

Cheers

Jeremy

The G will roll again....

As Warren has said, the genuine towbars were black. Silverfrost was a common finish on aftermarket bars though.

There were many different tongues available, they varied from state to state, due to differences in regulations. From memory, some of these were available in chrome.

Again there were several different size towballs, but GM-H didn't sell these at all.

Dr Terry

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Hi Jeremy.

Towballs came in just about any colour depending on how they were made. I've seen black metal finish, cad plated, silver painted & chromed (I'm sure there are more).

The 3 common sizes back then were 2 inch, 1 7/8 inch & 50mm. These days 98% would be 50mm.

Just buy a modern 50mm chrome ball & be done with it.

Dr Terry.


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The word 'factory' is often used loosely to describe anything that was designed & sold by GM-H, a bit like the word 'genuine'. Quite often parts of this type are not actually fitted at the factory.

A/cond systems in 80s Commodores fall into this category. The units themselves were designed in-house by GM-H & made by Air International. Many were fitted on the production line, including SL/E & Calais models, where they were standard. A lot were fitted at the dealership to lesser models as required. Many were sold into the general trade & fitted after the initial sale. Yet we still call them 'factory' a/cond.

A more precise term would be factory approved accessory or a genuine part. Anything that comes in GM-H or Nasco packaging, over the counter at a Holden dealer, IMO could legitimately be called 'factory'. If we need to split hairs, we could give them their full name 'factory-fitted option' or 'factory-approved accessory' (whether 'dealer-fitted' or not).

When it comes to these towbars, they were never factory-fitted, but they were genuine GM-H 'factory-approved' accessories. I'm not sure who made them, they would have been contracted out, but they were sold as a genuine Holden part. So a 'factory' towbar would be a genuine GM-H one, as opposed to an aftermarket bar, of which there were many types.

Dr Terry.

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Quite the contrary, the term 'OEM' doesn't really apply here.

For those who don't know, the term 'OEM' is an acronym for Original Equipment Manufacturer. What it relates to is who actually makes the parts. For example, if your Holden has a Bosch alternator (or starter or whatever), then Bosch is the OEM. They are the company who manufacture the alternator for Holden.

A bit confusing I know, the alternator is a genuine (or factory) Holden part, but Bosch is the OEM. In the example in my previous post about Commodore a/cond systems, Air International is the OEM.

Dr Terry.

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What calculating a car restoration budget, be as accurate as you can & then double the final figure. It will be closer to the truth.

Yes.

Dr Terry.

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When calculating a car restoration budget, be as accurate as you can & then double the final figure. It will be closer to the truth.