Posted by Gordon on Monday, October 24, 2005 at 1:04AM :
In Reply to: What should the color of split rings be? posted by Jim in Tucson on Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 9:50PM :
Someone told me Cadmium plating, but I have a few here that look to be galvanized zinc plate.
This would explain why the early VC military trucks sometimes seem to have 'shiny' rings.
Gordon