I still have the original cap that my 69 Judge came with and the original cap from the 69 LeMans that my Dad purchased new when I was 9. (He kept that car many years.) The cap that im4darush posted is very close to the 2 originals that I have. The flat rivet looks right, but the fonts are not a perfect match to these originals. On my originals, "TURN TIGHT" and "REMOVE SLOWLY" use taller letters forcing the arrows closer to the inside of the cap--right to the edge unlike the repo.
That said, it is a very nice reproduction. Fonts are very often not perfect on these repo's. I would buy one and use it.
I also wonder if the original caps were plated this brightly. Many of our original parts used silver cadmium and people are now using silver zinc which is much brighter. But there is little we can do about that if this is the best repo out there.
The first repo that I ever saw (and I believe the first one) was I believe at the 1991 Louisville GTOAA convention where Milt Robson first brought his red 70 RAIV Judge convertible. That repo did not use a flat rivet so I believe it is not correct--still have that cap too.
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