I haven’t been following this whole thread, but if the part could be recreated in fiberglass, there may be a solution. There is a company in PA (as well as other locations) that can professionally spray "chrome" paint on fiberglass that is virtually indistinguishable from real chrome. Most of the chrome trim (not the fins) on my ‘56 Evinrude Lark Concept Boat re-creation was done that way, and in multiple shows (where we never did not win Best in Class, nor received a score less than 99), nobody ever realized the trim was not real chrome. It’s a special process requiring professional equipment—not something you could do with a rattle can, but the results are amazing, and not punishingly expensive. I can look up the company if anyone wants to investigate further.
Here are some pix of the boat.
Shannon
"Kindness to animals may be the best measure of a person's character." On Jan 8, 2021, at 9:24 AM, 'my65cuda' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Vans was working on it, sent me a prototype to fit as I had the back end off my F. Gave them all the new measurements and adjustments, that was probably a year ago.
I put a lot of money into making this 20-30 years ago . Brass artisan casting works , lots of hand work to finish plus outlandish cost of chroming now . You have to find very skilled brass artisan . My guy passed away . and because of brass shrinkage the mold has to be slightly oversize , really hard to do . 5-6 tries before we got it . I also paid a lot of $ for plastic injection molding / tooling of it but solid plastic could not take heat of real chrome bath. Aluminum spray type “ chrome “ on plastic looks awful . A good chrome shop can sometimes fix a cracked one if you have the pieces . despite cost may still be cheapest . perhaps Van ‘s has connection in China , pot metal injection and chrome . Hard to break even in US even at 400 each doing by hand . . Good subject , obviously interested . This part is needed . By the way , I did make the G hubcap spinners , used on other years too , — hardly any sales . Just mentioning — that aspect of reproducing parts kills you . . See Forward Look Parts Sent from my iPhone not by choice <20210107_233336.jpg>
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