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Old 04-19-2017, 06:24 PM
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By comparing the two photos, the things that stand out to me is the repro's emblem does not sit as flush in the knob body as the GM part. Also, the grain on the repro is coarser.

With that said, the repro is not bad at all!

I purchased it for around $239 shipped. Not bad considering the last one sold for substantially more
With the repro they might be trying to simulate the raised medallion that was used on the early cars.
/\ beat me to it.

most of the repops I have seen the emblem sat flush, and I didn't like it because I have never seen an original which sat flush - this is the first one.
The early knobs sat raised on a metal(?) backing;
All of the latter ones I have seen were still raised, but not on a metal backing.

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