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For my 70 Bee owners...trim panel reato

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The value of advice here is priceless! I dig for answers when possible but maybe this one isn't a common question? Has anyone perfected (?) a DIY process at home to restore their rear trim panel between the tail lights? Outside of the black and red stripes is there something that can bedone to put the lustre back into that aluminum panel. Also, was there a specific gloss or no gloss with regard to the red and black stripes? Mine are so faded, I couldn't tell what they looked like originally.
 
They are tricky
outer edge is polished
center area is a brushed finish

I used to have an nos one ( And I put it on my car LOOOOOONG time ago ) Car is long gone

red is a semi gloss
black is flat black
 
To add to the complexity, if it's like the taillight finish panel on a '70 Charger, those are bright-anodized before painting the semi-gloss black parts. And anodizing that's faded can't really be re-polished, it has to be chemically stripped before re-polishing (and re-anodizing, if desired, to preserve the polished finish). Trying to sand off the anodizing will not be fun.
 
gtx6970 said:
They are tricky
outer edge is polished
center area is a brushed finish

I used to have an nos one ( And I put it on my car LOOOOOONG time ago ) Car is long gone

red is a semi gloss
black is flat black
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Awesome GTX....thank you and I'd imagine an NOS one today would be worth 1k at least!
 
Coelacanth said:
To add to the complexity, if it's like the taillight finish panel on a '70 Charger, those are bright-anodized before painting the semi-gloss black parts. And anodizing that's faded can't really be re-polished, it has to be chemically stripped before re-polishing (and re-anodizing, if desired, to preserve the polished finish). Trying to sand off the anodizing will not be fun.
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Geeez ...just short of wrecking what's left of originality, it sounds like a serious investment in a pro resto!
 
19bee70 said:
Awesome GTX....thank you and I'd imagine an NOS one today would be worth 1k at least!
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Last nos one I saw was maybe 15 years ??? ago. Or more .
At the Mopar Nats. Ron Adair had it I think

Best i remember it was $1200 and it was gone 1st day.

" IF " you could find one today. I would expect $2500 or more

I bought one from Mopar back in VERY early 80s time frame . And I think I paid about $100 for it.?????
 
Holy crap....I have 3 used ones that I have to pick the best one and sell the other two. They aren't terrible but the one I think I'll keep needs the striping redone and a couple of dings rolled out.
 
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