What color inside bowtie on 66 seatbelt buckle

[Ronald W.]

Hey guys,

I am refinnishing my seatbelt buckles. Inside the bowtie the color appears to be black but I read on the forum that it should be blue. Which color is correct? If it is blue who makes a good replacement color.

Thanks in advance.

[Gerard F.]

Re: What color inside bowtie on 66 seatbelt buckle

Ronald,

Here's and excerpt from the second Similar Thread listed below:

"5. Button Insert. I spent the most time with the Button inserts mainly trying to find the right color blue for the Bowtie. Working from a pictures of original buckles and restored ones, as well as my original buckles, I experimented with no less then six shades of nail polish (OPI Aruba Blue was close), Ford and Chrysler touchup paint, with no cigars. I went to the local hardware store for the spray paint color charts. I found that Denim Blue was about the right color although too light, and Royal Blue was too dark, so I bought a can of each and decided to mix.

After stripping all of the paint from the inserts by soaking in lacquer thinner, I then mixed the two spray paint colors by spraying into jar, first the lighter color and then the dark, and thinning with lacquer thinner. At about 50-50 I finally got what I thought was the right shade.

Then with a very fine brush, I flooded the Bowtie with the mix on a horizontal surface. Once that dried, I then rubbed off the paint on the edges of the Bowtie and on the Chevrolet lettering, first with a flat piece of wood and then with a exacto knife.

Next step was to mask the Bowtie with blue painters take, and cutting around the Bowtie with an exacto knife. Once masked, I spray painted the insert with semi-flat black dash paint. Photo 3 is a picture of the finished insert posted on the NCRS forum:"

The photo 3 is a thumbnail in the second Similar Thread below. The paint, as I remember, was hardware store Krylon.

[Jack P.]

Re: What color inside bowtie on 66 seatbelt buckle

Hey guys,

I am refinnishing my seatbelt buckles. Inside the bowtie the color appears to be black but I read on the forum that it should be blue. Which color is correct? If it is blue who makes a good replacement color.

Thanks in advance.

Here is a picture of the buckles that I restored, it will give you an idea of what they should look like. The blue is a best guess color as stated in Jerry's post.