[TR] chrome paint

[Andrew S. Mace]

 TeriAnn noted:


Chrome paint???? How could you guys be seriously discussing painting the 
chrome bits of a half century old (give or take) Triumph?  It is 
something I would imagine a kid might do with a rusty old car that had 
one foot in the wrecking yard and the other almost there. That is so 
tacky. A race to the bottom of the resale value.

 Of course, painting or other process rather than replating might just mean that the $500-800 per bumper for quality rechroming could be put into needed bodywork, engine rebuilding, or 1000 other tasks necessary to get the car going safely, if not to a mythical "Concours-quality" appearance. The pretty stuff can come later; some folks would rather enjoy the car from the driver's seat, where it's hard to see the bumpers. ;)

 

--Andy Mace

*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er, Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)

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