Well, you can't just chrome plate one side and not the other, but what
Datsun did do was not polish the metal smooth on the inside like the
earlier cars. They left it with a texture.
Mike
On Wed, 24 May 2000 17:16:47 -0400 "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net> writes:
> Thank the safety Nazi's in Washington for that one too! Chrome was
> banished from dashboards and interiors because it could blind you if
> the sun
> was low! These are the same folks that made toggle switches
> disappear,
> there by saving you from certain death.
> Datsun, rather than making a separate part for the US market, just
> painted
> the chrome around the windshield, wing windows and gauge rings.
>
> Paul
> OROC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert.Long@CSDInc.com <Robert.Long@CSDInc.com>
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 4:55 PM
> Subject: 67.5 Saftey Feature
>
>
> >Hi List,
> >
> >Last night I was cleaning up the windshield & windshield frame of
> my 67.5
> >1600 (I pulled it off to work on
> >restoring the interior).
> >
> >Using acetone to clean up the old glue, etc, I noticed that the
> more I
> >rubbed, the chromier the interior
> >side of the frame became. It seems like the interior side had been
> dulled
> >on purpose? Was this
> >another safety feature implemented (along with the black trim
> ringed
> >guages)? The exterior of
> >the windshield frame is chrome, but not the interior. Seems like
> the wing
> >windows have this
> >same dullness.
> >
> >Robert - 67.5 1600 - Albuquerque (dash back on, a little more
> windshield
> >cleaning to do)
> >
>
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