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What to do with this tail light bezel?

jluisfelipe

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Hello friends, I have a 1970 Charger RT and I need this part back to life. Car is located in Europe and my options now are: buying a new one (I haven't found it yet), restoring mine or making something new. What do you think? Any advice is welcome.
Thanks in advance.
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Hammer, dolly and lots of hours.. it CAN be done. See my Bee restoration thread for ideas...
 
Box it up and send it to...


Shine on Me
239 S. La Esperanza
San Clemente, CA 92672
Attn: Norm Huie

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (949) 498-8974

Norm's pricing is very fair, the quality is excellent & the turn around is fast....

Not easy to find someone who can hit all three goals...
 
Box it up and send it to...


Shine on Me
239 S. La Esperanza
San Clemente, CA 92672
Attn: Norm Huie

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (949) 498-8974

Norm's pricing is very fair, the quality is excellent & the turn around is fast....

Not easy to find someone who can hit all three goals...
This reminds me of a sign that hung in the office of a film studio I worked in (I was a scenic carpenter):

Quick/Cheap/Accurate
Pick Two.
 
Box it up and send it to...


Shine on Me
239 S. La Esperanza
San Clemente, CA 92672
Attn: Norm Huie

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (949) 498-8974

Norm's pricing is very fair, the quality is excellent & the turn around is fast....

Not easy to find someone who can hit all three goals...
Thanks for the reply. Car is in Spain, so shipping there and back would be very expensive. I guess restoring will be the most logic option.
Do you know if they sell it (or reproduction)?
 
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Thanks for the reply. Car is in Spain, so shipping there and back would be very expensive. I guess restoring will be the most logic option.
Do you know if they sell it (or reproduction) anyway?

very expensive? you are restoring a Mopar.......whatever shipping may cost is a drop in the bucket
 
Thanks for the reply. Car is in Spain, so shipping there and back would be very expensive. I guess restoring will be the most logic option.
Do you know if they sell it (or reproduction)?

No reproduction & NOS is rare & $$$$ I'm sure there are tradesmen in Spain fully capable of making that part beautiful... I know when I lived there in the late 60's there were some very skilled guys... If you could get them to work.. Mostly I heard siesta & mañana... LOL
 
@HEMI-ITIS- Those panels are stamped aluminum, brite anodized all over and paint detailed in specific areas. If high point restoration is the goal in my experience re-anodizing is the most difficult thing to find a suitable vendor for. Of late my aluminum trim ends up polished after straightening. Looks fine, but must be re-polished to keep shiny vs anodizing which can be wiped off with a rag and maintain it's shine for years. If anyone knows of an anodizer catering to the hobbiest please post their name/number here. Plenty of commercial anodizers in Los Angeles/Phoenix/etc. but they do not wantal with the onsy twosy irreplaceable parts of the hobbiest.
 
@HEMI-ITIS- Those panels are stamped aluminum, brite anodized all over and paint detailed in specific areas. If high point restoration is the goal in my experience re-anodizing is the most difficult thing to find a suitable vendor for. Of late my aluminum trim ends up polished after straightening. Looks fine, but must be re-polished to keep shiny vs anodizing which can be wiped off with a rag and maintain it's shine for years. If anyone knows of an anodizer catering to the hobbiest please post their name/number here. Plenty of commercial anodizers in Los Angeles/Phoenix/etc. but they do not wantal with the onsy twosy irreplaceable parts of the hobbiest.

I posted Norm's info above... He does Brite Dip Anodizing...
 
5.7 HEMI here on the board did my 3 piece grille and headlight bezels.The bezels had some ding and he took care of that too. I personally like the polished aluminum over the anabrite. Contact Zak and you will be as happy !!!

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I have used Bill Petrow at Special T's Unlimited in the Chicago area. They specialize in 62-65 Mopars but do all sorts of trim resto. I was happy with their work on my aluminum side mouldings. They straightened and re-anodized them. Not cheap but good work seldom is.
 
I got an specialist where I live that´s gonna restore it. Budget is 400 dollars (redone the aluminum and rechrome it). I will tell you the results. Thanks everyone for your help!
 
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