Anyone had a grille (65) completely restored? From a shop, or an individual?. I have a pretty decent one, but am thinking about doing the full resto.
Brian said
Mar 3, 2010
I had my 64 grill done. Not to bad a job but $$$$$ as it is POT METAL. Double usual.
Pacific Plating Vancouver. Not everyone will do POT METAL.
Arctic_Ragtop said
Mar 19, 2014
I am in the process of restoring my '65 grille right now. Most of the original black paint is chipped off but the chrome looks decent. I am not going to replate it as the existing chrome is very good, but will repaint the black sections and argent silver inside surround. Stripping the olf black paint off is very tedious work and will take hours, but the result should be well worth it. I will post pics once I finish the project.
Edit - Didnt see that the original post was 4 years old. Oh well, here are some of my pics anyway.
-- Edited by Arctic_Ragtop on Tuesday 1st of April 2014 10:22:45 AM
Arctic_Ragtop said
Apr 1, 2014
I am half way done. It is a pretty time consumuing process but well worth it! Luckily the chrome was ok with mine. I am very happy with the outcome so far.
Grille looks good! How many hours do you have in it?
65 SD L79 said
Apr 2, 2014
what address can I ship mine to? great job
rabbit64cs said
Apr 2, 2014
awesome ! tedious eh..? I know , I did the grill for my 65 Lemans.... not even as much detail.. and I was about 5 hours a side...
and a beer or two..
Arctic_Ragtop said
Apr 2, 2014
I probably have 20-25 hours into the passengers side grille, although now that I know what I am doing, the drivers side shouldn't take as long. I was able to strip all of the old paint, wash and prep for masking last night. Will post pics once I finish it, but probably won't be until next week.
Arctic_Ragtop said
Apr 10, 2014
Finally got the driver's side completed. Just need to finish the ACADIAN emblem and ACADIAN badge, and polish the chrome!
Then it is time for the trunk panel!
-- Edited by Arctic_Ragtop on Thursday 10th of April 2014 12:42:31 PM
-- Edited by Arctic_Ragtop on Thursday 10th of April 2014 01:40:31 PM
There was a great article in a magazine a couple of years ago in which they described the process of redoing a GTO grille. Looking back, I wish I would have picked it up...
I am in the process of restoring my '65 grille right now. Most of the original black paint is chipped off but the chrome looks decent. I am not going to replate it as the existing chrome is very good, but will repaint the black sections and argent silver inside surround. Stripping the olf black paint off is very tedious work and will take hours, but the result should be well worth it. I will post pics once I finish the project.
Edit - Didnt see that the original post was 4 years old. Oh well, here are some of my pics anyway.
-- Edited by Arctic_Ragtop on Tuesday 1st of April 2014 10:22:45 AM
I am half way done. It is a pretty time consumuing process but well worth it! Luckily the chrome was ok with mine. I am very happy with the outcome so far.
Wow looks good, well worth the effort!
Grille looks good! How many hours do you have in it?
what address can I ship mine to? great job
awesome ! tedious eh..? I know , I did the grill for my 65 Lemans.... not even as much detail.. and I was about 5 hours a side...
Finally got the driver's side completed. Just need to finish the ACADIAN emblem and ACADIAN badge, and polish the chrome!
Then it is time for the trunk panel!
-- Edited by Arctic_Ragtop on Thursday 10th of April 2014 12:42:31 PM
-- Edited by Arctic_Ragtop on Thursday 10th of April 2014 01:40:31 PM
ACADIAN lettering completed