Sunday's Show and Tell ...3/1/20

[1motime]

Nice Chrysler coupe! Man those things rot!

 

[Phattiremike]

Some of you may have seen my '41 Autocycle project I have going. I got the chrome, cad, and zinc back this week so I was able to start assembly. On the recommendation of @ranman I used DeTray plating out of Independence. MO. I also used them for my Donald Duck restoration. Chrome is not cheap regardless and I have tried at least four different places with mixed results regarding cost, quality, and turn around.

Detray is pretty reasonable as far as price but quality is great and turn around was 10 days--that includes shipping time! The previous four places had a minimum of six weeks turn around. They also do bright zinc and cad but a word of caution here--there is a minumum charge of $150 for each service whether it is three parts or 30 parts. So if you are going to do either of these make sure you consolidate all of your zinc/cad to be done at one time. I was really worried about the crank which was heavily pitted and losing any detail of the barrel of the drum i.e. "Schwinn" and "PAT. PENDING". These parts came out great as did everything else. These are my platers of choice for all my projects. V/r Shawn

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Shawn, the chrome looks great. Question, did you do any prep on the crank, your before and after pictures are unbelievable...

Mike

 

[Freqman1]

Shawn, the chrome looks great. Question, did you do any prep on the crank, your before and after pictures are unbelievable...

Mike

Mike I glass bead all the parts but that is just to knock the crud off. I sent that crank just as you see it in the before pic. I was on the fence about buying another crank but sent the plater a pic prior to sending just to make sure they could do it. V/r Shawn

 

[WetDogGraphix]

Also stopped to look into an interesting barn I spotted previously...

Check out this whale that was lurking inside!!

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Nobody was home have to go back...

Nice....Is that "Christine"?

 

[fordmike65]

Nice....Is that "Christine"?

 

[redline1968]

A Good way to shorten your life span in oregon...

Also stopped to look into an interesting barn I spotted previously...

Check out this whale that was lurking inside!!

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Nobody was home have to go back...

 

[Krakatoa]

A Good way to shorten your life span in oregon...

I've met the owner before and he's not a gun nut!

 

[redline1968]

Your lucky..lol

 

[Rollo]

Nice....Is that "Christine"?

... It's a 1957 Chrysler Windsor ... Christine is 1958 Plymouth Fury ...

 

[Mike Franco]

Found this Sunday