The darker color ( its actually a deep chocolate color ) is correct for 71 Cuda.
I've seen the silver one used on some C-bodies, and I believe the later year Cudas.
I have an NOS Cuda one in the package, and it is definitely flat black (Scott, you got yours for a great price compared to what I had to pay........). I've seen the chocolate colored ones on cars, and I always thought it was that color from the elements and time getting to that chocolate color. The repops just don't have the same finish to them, even the pot metal looks bad.
Too bad someone out there can't restore the original ones if there's no pitting of the pot metal. I always wondered how did the factory originally make these things in the first place?
