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Re: Wiper chrome

To: schooler@erols.com
Subject: Re: Wiper chrome
From: jkearman@juno.com (James E Kearman)
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:21:56 -0500
On Thu, 22 Jan 1998 19:08:29 -0500 Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>
writes:
>miker15@juno.com wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:37:59 +0000 "Scott Gardner"
>> <gardner7@pilot.infi.net> writes:
>> >
>> >> The thread on wipers reminded me of a question I wanted to ask.
>> >> My 74B roadster (ex-California) has three black wiper arms.
>> >> Underneath the black paints seems to be bright chromework, that
>> >> can be seen at the spots where the black paint has come off.
>> >>
>> >> Is there a way to take the paint off and end up with shiny wiper
>> >> arms?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Peter
>> >>
>> >Peter,
>> >       Where the old finish has come off, has it flaked off or worn
>> >through?  If it's flaked off, then the black is probably paint, and
>> >you may be able to use a chemical stripper on the arms to remove 
>it.
>> >If it has simply worn through, it may be an anodized part, in which
>> >case the underlying finish might not be chrome, and you might not 
>be
>> >too happy with it once you got all of the black off.
>> >Scott
>> >
>> They are not chrome underneath and yes, you will be disappointed.
>> Yous can buy the chrome replacements though if thats your preference
>> which were standard through 70 or 71
>> 
>> mike robson
>> 69 roadster (chrome wipers)
>> 70 BGT (chrome wipers)
>> 72 roadster (black wipers, stripped and finished in satin acrylic)
>
>Not so, Mike.  The stock wiper arm on the '69 US Spec model was a 
>dull,
>silver finish - not chrome and not shiny.  The Brit market wiper arm 
>was
>chrome, so I concluded this too was the result of some sort of safety
>spec that was buried in the law (reflections of the sun off shiny 
>wiper
>arms temporarily blinding driver who, unable to see, caroms off the
>oncoming semi and takes out 14 baby carriages.......)
>

My 73 roadster has chrome-plated wiper arms, which I believe came from a
67 roadster.

Jim

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