Does anyone know if these were ever reproduced and maybe sold through PY without the circular "MADE IN CANADA" stamping?
I believe that the current repops are a creation of 'The Parts Place' - at least they were the first retailers I seemed to recall seeing as carrying them.
I am asking this because I recently bought one from a FB group;
I bought it with the understanding that it was an original part;
Although it looks nice enough, it lacks the stamp, and has other tiny details that differ from my repaired original.
I didn't think anything about it when I saw it was painted bright blue, I just figured the paint was remnant from the decades bygone;
But after soaking and stripping it, I see no stamp, and it seems to be unplated steel.
The kicker is that the guy who sold me it said he used to work for PY - which got me to thinking that this is probably an older repop.
I can't be mad considering the shipped to me cost, but would have preferred to know that it's not an original part.
I was going to strip it, and confirm it as an original before doing the courtesy of sending a couple more bucks to cover the difference between quoted shipping, and what the guy's wife paid when she shipped it... now I'm on the fence.
I guess I'll be looking up the 'zinc plating fun' thread to make "lemonade" out of this deal
