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> Where did I get these?, Why didn't I inventory them?
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post Mar 17 2011, 01:59 PM
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I haven't seen any of those in years!!
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post Mar 17 2011, 02:13 PM
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Oh, those are imaginary replated headlight oilers... Keep them!

Headlight oilers? Somebody put mine on the heat exchangers...
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post Mar 17 2011, 02:14 PM
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Pat,

These are truly an exceptional discovery, prolly a here-to-fore unknown prototype...rarest of the rare, I cannot believe my eyes.

I just may devote a tribute page to them on my website.

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post Mar 17 2011, 02:36 PM
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The pair I have aren't showing any aging at all !!!!

But I have lost the clear bags they came in.
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post Mar 17 2011, 04:18 PM
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post Mar 17 2011, 04:31 PM
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post Mar 17 2011, 04:33 PM
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QUOTE(whatabout1 @ Mar 17 2011, 01:36 PM) *

The pair I have aren't showing any aging at all !!!!

But I have lost the clear bags they came in.


They would have been worth far more if they were in the unopened and pristine original packaging. Too bad they're not the most desirable color.

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post Mar 17 2011, 04:51 PM
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OK, Ok - not the first time I've screwed up. Happy to see you guys having fun though.

This is the pic I forgot.

Jeez!
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post Mar 17 2011, 04:55 PM
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you can still get these new from PP. I got some for the -6 recently
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post Mar 17 2011, 05:04 PM
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You can still get these new from the Dealer
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post Mar 17 2011, 05:07 PM
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QUOTE(Pat Garvey @ Mar 16 2009, 08:44 PM) *

QUOTE(MDG @ Mar 16 2009, 07:38 AM) *

Never used them but this place out in B.C. does it; C.V. Vacuum Platers Inc.
I'm pretty sure they have a website if you want to check them out.

m.

That's the place!

They did some foglight grills for a member of this forum & they are totally, totally awesome. I'm fortunate to have 2 of them. The work is premier. Wonder if it can transfer to backpad lights. Also wonder if it is cost efficient. Those foglight grills were really expensive.
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post Mar 17 2011, 05:36 PM
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Not to highjack your thread Pat but I started cleaning one yesterday and did this in an hour while watching TV. They really clean up well.
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post Mar 17 2011, 05:42 PM
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Update: They're out of business. This is who they are refering their customers to, http://www.instrument-specialties.com/contact/
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post Mar 17 2011, 06:01 PM
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you can still get these new from PP. I got some for the -6 recently


No you can't! You can get new, but just try to match the brilliance to mine. The new ones from the Factory aren't even close to the brilliance of the originals - I have 2 sets & they suck compared to these. The new ones are cloudy & have a blue cast to them. If I hadn't stumbled on these I would have been OK with the Factory parts. But, these far surpass those.
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post Mar 17 2011, 06:06 PM
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Not to highjack your thread Pat but I started cleaning one yesterday and did this in an hour while watching TV. They really clean up well.
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Yeah, I did that too - while watching TV. My originals cleaned up really well (Simichrome), but won't past muster for a concours presentation (pitting). Bought some new ones, after getting these from MDG, but the brilliance wasn't there like the originals.

I know that the Factory supplier has had to change the method of manufacture of these parts because extremely hazardous chemicals were involved in manufacture. Too bad, because the new ones available just don't cut it compared to the originals. OK, but not excellent.

BTW - all the work you've put into yours will oxidize again within 6 months, unless you seal them in plastic bags. Ask me how I know.
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post Mar 17 2011, 06:41 PM
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after getting these from MDG, but the brilliance wasn't there like the originals.


No - not from me.

That was from an old thread about the chrome ring around the interior light. Someone wanted to know where to get plastic chromed and I knew of that place in British Columbia . . . . sorry, no idea who the board member was you got them from.

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post Mar 17 2011, 07:28 PM
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The luster on them is definitely superior, they look like liquid chrome. But that finish is not anything like the factory originals. Wouldn't this be like SS screws for the tin?

So how would they be judged in competition?
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OK, Ok - not the first time I've screwed up. Happy to see you guys having fun though.

This is the pic I forgot.

Jeez!
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post Mar 17 2011, 08:45 PM
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Weren't the originals metal and the replacements are now plastic? I seem to recall my old car had metal foglight grills.
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post Mar 17 2011, 08:48 PM
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They can't be judged in a concourse because they don't exist yet.
The date code on your photo is April 17th, 2011.
That explains why the photos didn't show up the first time.
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post Mar 17 2011, 09:11 PM
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