I was able to install the rear springs and noted something interesting that I have not seen on other cars. There was a white paint daub on the rear spring that I recreated exactly from pictures of the springs right after they came out of the rust remover. Now that the springs are installed I can see that, in-fact, these white paint marks ARE visible when the spring is installed. This was probably an inspection mark that was actually applied after the springs were installed. There is a daub on both the left and right springs in about the same place.
I already posted pictures of the unrestored front springs. Now it's time to add the brown and white stripes that were on them originally. The brown is more of a lighter brown or "coffee with creamer" color. I color matched by mixing brown, white, and some yellow until I got the color. I also marked the original locations on the springs. The brown on right hand spring was much easier to see than the left, the white was easily visible on both as you can see in the pics. The left hand spring had the brown on the opposite side of the thinner white stripe. When installed both white stripes are clearly visible, and located at the left outside prong of the spring perches when installed. The brown stripes were in different locations: on the left spring it is located to the left of the white stripe (which only extends over 4 coils on both sides), and located to the right of the white stripe on the right spring.
Here's a shot of the completed coil springs - paint is still wet! Took extra effort to make the white paint strokes look like the originals, on close examination it was clear that the strokes went from top to bottom. The brown was very thick in places and indicative of paint that was "gobbed" on the brush. I am very happy with the recreation of the original look, especially the shape, color, and thickness.
