Jim,
When I bought AEX125, it came with beat up spinners which I took to be the original ones, and a set of new ones that lacked the "Near" and "Off" writing. I re-chromed the original ones to use as I had also seen the near/off on pictures that were supposedly of original cars. I also checked the original ones for feathers as I had not noticed that before and they do not have feathers either. Of course driving down the road one cannot see any difference between the different types so if all of the repos carry feathers and no near/off, it probably will not be noticed.
Jay