On my car the inserts were woodgrain over stainless. I stripped off what was left of the raggedy woodgrain and after some minor polishing returned them to the door handles. If you don't know they are supposed to be woodgrain, you can't tell anything is missing!
The 1967-only inserts are for the exterior door handles, and they are not
real wood, so they cannot be restored like the interior wood.
They are a simulated woodgrain like Di-Noc over an aluminum base, and they
were susceptible to sun damage and sometimes the normal wear expected of a
handle you need to grasp to enter the car.
Mine look perfect on the shady side, suggesting that they resisted the wear
of physical contact far better than they resisted fading from sunlight. I
"temporarily" replaced mine with the brushed aluminum set from a 1968 I
found in a junkyard back in 1994 and they are still serving me well. Someday
I'll find a set of good ones!
By the way, they are the same for all 1967 models, not just the Crowns.
Chris in LA
67 Crown
78 NYB Salon
On 6/29/05 1:20 PM, Elijah Scott at imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> --- Ken Lang <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Yes it is the wood grain inserts for the door
>> handle. Once I get the old ones I'll need
>> to find someplace to get them refurbished.
>
> Ken -- you can very likely refinish the wood yourself.
> Lots of good information on this task is available on
> our club's website at
> http://www.imperialclub.com/Repair/Interior/index.htm
> Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page for the
> section on "Wood."
>
> Good luck!
>
> Elijah
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