[TR] Stainless steel - or The Gospel according to St. Glenn of Merrill

[John Macartney]

Well, if you didn’t know about stainless and plating, my good friend Glenn has (hopefully) clarified or further confused those with enquiring minds.

For me, I’ve never been aware of stainless lookalike front or rear bumpers. It’s a long time ago since I rebuilt my now long gone and much missed big Triumph saloon, but when it came to replacing the front and rear ends, I handed the job to an old friend I’d made at Jaguar in the sixties. He had his own plating company (now sold and made him a millionaire) and he did my bumpers as per spec at Jaguar - viz copper, nickel, copper, chrome - and it wasn’t just “flashed” on. Done proper, ‘twas. Cost me a fortune but when they were fitted, that car looked the ‘dogs bollocks’.  Quality always shows in the end.

Jonmac