Here's some pics of mine...

I need to dust her off a bit, sorry

Yep that's the same one... only mine doesn't have tubular legs! I found a catalog source online, and it shows the frame as gloss black.

Probably right, right?

When I purchased mine, it had a solid metal black piece under the pedal attachment, instead of the knob that someone put on there. I was eyeballing one like you mentioned also.

Man, I've had two others with the solid legs and I can't recall.

Forum member Stevo bought one of them, you might PM him and see for sure.

Kev

Just did a search and found these pics in older threads.

Hope Atomic and VTM2000 don't mind I borrowed them to good purpose.

So, looks like either frame color is correct.

It looks like gloss black is the way to go.

And mine has the chrome knob securing the baseplate. It IS in nice shape -- now showroom, but close.

And these are so well made! I did a fair amount of car restoration work for a while, and let me tell you, there's a big difference between engineering standards between vintage Porsches and old Fiats. This stand makes me think of the vintage Porsches. Great detail in the engineering.

I see a pristine one of these went for 277 on ebay. A lot of dough, but it looks brand new.

Hey, can't wait to get it back together for a test drive!

One piece I would like to replace is the chrome knob holding the pedal baseplate. I'll bet those can't be had for lover or money ... can they?

I've never seen one for sale.... never hurts to put it in the Wanted section here and the other forums though.

Yes, black is right. -At least it was 1975 when mine was made :)

And, thanks to pictures in this thread, i finally understand what the little hole in the front of the base is for. I never knew that there was something missing on mine DOH

And that is one stout spur, too. With the spurs on the legs and that thing... Bill Stewart should try it!