- 1. Chromework and rechroming (score: 1)
- Author: "James Carruthers" <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:57:52 +0100 (BST)
- The trouble with having such a fine car is that everything has to be high standard - and currently my chrome is lacking its "chromey-ness" - no amount of polishing is going to fix it - so I am going
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00357.html (8,154 bytes)
- 2. RE: Chromework and rechroming (score: 1)
- Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:13:00 +0100
- When I had a small collision a couple of years back that dented my front bumper, TRGB advised me that a re-chromed old bumper tended to be better than a brand new bumper - thicker metal and thicker c
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00358.html (8,477 bytes)
- 3. RE: Chromework and rechroming (score: 1)
- Author: "James Carruthers" <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:22:27 +0100 (BST)
- Now you come to mention it I think I remember hearing that also... Well, the right thing seems to be to get the old bumper rechromed - if its a good old fashioned place that does a good job then it
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00360.html (8,392 bytes)
- 4. Re: Chromework and rechroming (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:45:49 -0700
- Not sure where the extra holes are, but if they are on the top and roughly 3' apart (sorry, I don't know the metric equivalent) they might be for the optional AMCO bumper bar. I've had repro and orig
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00361.html (8,981 bytes)
- 5. Re: Chromework and rechroming (score: 1)
- Author: "James Carruthers" <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:57:28 +0100 (BST)
- No need to worry, in this rather odd isle we work on both metric and imperial... I went in to a wood shop when I was younger, needed some wood for a school project - the guy took looked at me odd wh
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00362.html (8,576 bytes)
- 6. Re: Chromework and rechroming (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 07:00:28 -0700
- Actually, I said 3 feet, not inches, but no, I have no idea what those holes would have been for, I'm afraid!! Sorry! Jeff -- Original Message -- From: James Carruthers To: Jeff McNeal Cc: James Carr
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00363.html (8,874 bytes)
- 7. Re: Chromework and rechroming (score: 1)
- Author: Henry Stike <stiker2126@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:15:50 -0700 (PDT)
- What's up? Chroming i guess... Henry has tub on frame and getting ready to have bonnet painted...He's driving Christine too...not too far away from house. yes, this metric stuff is confusing for some
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00405.html (8,717 bytes)
- 8. Re: Chromework and rechroming (score: 1)
- Author: "William Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:59:40 +0100
- Hi James, Sorry for the delayed response on this one but I've been on holiday. Historically, reproduction chromed parts are mass produced from thin steel of poor quality with nothing more than a thin
- /html/spitfires/2003-06/msg00413.html (8,865 bytes)
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