Restoration Progress - Opinions Requested

Benjamin · Post by **Benjamin** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:19 pm

Well, you learn something new each day. I got a call from the chrome shop that is re-chroming all the seemingly hundreds of odd bits and pieces from the 330. "Are you aware that the bumpers are solid stainless steel?" I had no idea. Apparently, the mounts, though, are not stainless. These are rusty and no longer road-worthy. So, now I have to have a machine shop fabricate and specially weld new stainless mounts ($$) and then have a special "cold" chroming process performed ($$$).

Anyone else encounter this issue?

Yale · Post by **Yale** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:22 pm

Yeah my bumpers are stainless as well. Francois thought someone had replaced the orginal chrome steel ones with these....are they what came with the cars? Or did some do a bunch of stainless repros that both of our cars have?...Tune in next week for the exciting conclusion to our story. Yale

Art S. · Post by **Art S.** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:14 am

As far as I know, Series 1 cars had stainless bumpers. The Series 2 multi section bumpers are not stainless.

Benjamin,

Why are you chroming the bumpers rather than just polishing them?

Regards,

Art S.

Benjamin · Post by **Benjamin** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:03 pm

Art - the guys at the chrome shop are perfectionists - they do "show quality" work. Their view is that there are some pits that should be filled. I'm inclined to just polish it out. Don't think I will ever be entering her in Concorso.

Post by **tyang** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:54 am

Art - the guys at the chrome shop are perfectionists - they do "show quality" work. Their view is that there are some pits that should be filled. I'm inclined to just polish it out. Don't think I will ever be entering her in Concorso.

Can't stainless be welded, ground smooth, and polished? Although the differences are subtle, polished stainless has a different look than chrome steel. Stainlees is also more durable over time, as there is no risk of the chrome flaking off.

Tom

klv · Post by **klv** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:21 pm

Kerry: I am surprised the production number for RHD cars was that low - other than the U.K., Australia and Japan, where else do they drive on the "other" side of the road?

Also, would you know from your registry how many RHD Series I cars remain viable (i.e., not Shaunessied)?

Only decent countries drive on the proper side of the road - for good historical reasons! I can think of about 6 or 8 330 GTs in Australia, but would have to talk to a couple of guys to confirm what is still around here. Hugh Cromie's car is a good candidate for being "Shaunessied" unless he gets into the garage soon and gets working on it! :D He's as bad as my father for dragging out projects. (cheers Hugh!)