I'll venture an opinion here.
By all means paint it for now if it looks too shabby to put on the car.
And when you get the money together, and get tired of poeple pointing at
you and laughing, THEN have it rechromed.
Bill Kelly
Frank Boothroyd wrote:
>
> Hi. First, thank-you Hugh and Trevor for responding to my plea for air
> filter info. I think I've got the problem licked. Now for my next
> question: what do you folks do with your chrome luggage racks that are much
> the worse for wear? Mine looks... well, shabby. Seeing as how the TR6 to
> which it belongs will soon be looking very spiffy - lots of body work and
> paint, I'm reticent to slap the rack back on in its present shape. I can't
> afford to have it re-chromed (the soon to be spiffy looking car took care of
> that option!), so can I... ummm... paint it?
>
> Or would you folks see my silver-painted luggage rack from a mile away and
> point and laugh and shout rude things at me? Would I become infamous on
> this list? Some kind of LBC-molester?
>
> Thanks for your opinions.
> Frank
> ('73 TR6 - re$toration$ underway)
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