Were there any Victor cranks that were painted ?

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Were there any Victor cranks that were painted ?

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The crank on my VV-IV appears to have been painted silver. There is not much paint left on it so, if it was done after it left the factory, it was done a long time ago. Were any of these painted in stead of nickle plated?
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Re: Were there any Victor cranks that were painted ?

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NO to factory paint... YES to a previous owner who opted for silver paint instead of re-nickleing... I had a Columbia cylinder machine that had that done to the hardware on the case. Apparently there was a lot of leftover silver paint from WWII, since my dad got a bunch of it from a wartime factory and painted our entire basement silver in the early '50s... :roll:
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Thank you. Thats what I figured.
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I agree with Curt. Jerry
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