Vernes Chrome Plating is still operating in Gardena, CA. They did all my
plating for my BT7.
Mark Fawcett
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>wrote:
> OK, Here's my re-send.
> Mike
>
> If you live in SoCal you know the chrome situation. Through local
> and
> state regulation, it has all but disappeared. A local restorer
> friend of
> mine drops it off at a secret location somewhere in Los
> Angeles and it goes
> somewhere else he is not told about and then he is
> called to go pick it up.
> So, there are illegal shops being run
> somewhere in the SoCal location, but I
> guess you only hear about through
> word of mouth. The bigger chrome shops
> that could withstand all the
> regs are charging too high prices because of the
> extra steps and
> precautions and equipment they have to have to operate here.
> The work
> suffers for it too.
> I had my grill done by Rich Chrysler a few
> years ago. It cost me $700
> then. I don't want to think about it now.
> I don't know where I am going
> to
> get the rest of my chroming done. I have repro bumpers, so not a
> problem
> there.
> I was told by restorer friend that the grill
> should be finished before
> the bodywork on the front shroud to be sure it
> lays flat and fits in the
> hole. If your grill has to be disassembled,
> it may not be quite the same
> shape as before the chroming process. I
> hope so.
> Mike
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