If you want the old look on your plate try buying some "Metal etch" at the
hardware store and selectively apply it to the area you want to look old. Be
careful as it will deffinately take the paint off the other areas. Once
etched in the bare metal areas you can wipe it with some dirty grease from
your under carriage and age it to taste.
Best regards,
Tom
> From: 308gtsi@roadrunner.com
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:22:32 -0700
> Subject: Re: [TR] Repro Comm Plates
>
> I replaced the comm plate on my 4a and used a set of metal stamps from HF
to
> make it correct. Had to test the surface I used underneath to get the
> correct depth, but found that the maple surface of my bench worked just
> right. I tried to line the alpha-numeric characters as best as I could, but
> found it looked just like the original when done. Yeah, doesn't have the
> "old look" like a 41 year old car piece should have, but neither does the
> rest of the car... I was going for "just from the show room" look.
>
> Brian
> '67 4a
>
> -----Original Message-----
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:47:56 -0600
> From: "wbeech" <wbeech@flash.net>
> Subject: [TR] Repro Comm Plates
> To: "'list Triumph'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
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> The commission plate on my TR3 is pretty shabby, I notice that the big 3
> sell replacements for a reasonable cost. Are these as good a quality as
the
> original? Can I indeed take the plate to a jeweler and have it engraved to
> looked like the stamped numbers on the existing plate. I am afraid that a
> jeweler would do a perfectly aligned job that would not be consistent with
> what most TRs left the factory with.
>
> Is there anyone on the list that provides plates with number stamped on
them
> in the fashion of the original?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill B
> '58 TR-3A TS/30766 L
> '59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO
> "A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
> course, some times it is difficult to make it go"
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