Who did the rechrome and how did it turn out?
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave <dave@juniorbaseball.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:02 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Reassembling GMC Grille - Use Rivets?
>I took my 53 GMC grill apart to get it rechromed. Has anyone put one back
>together again? Should I use pop rivets or is there a tool available to put
>the original type rivets back in?
>Thank you
>Jim Cramer
>53 GMC pickup
>
>
>Hi:
>Dave here, with Dusty's '50 GMC. We dismantled the grille for replating,
and
>we reassembled it with machine screws with wide, shallow slot heads, and
had
>them chromed as well, as their reflection shows in the bar above them. Used
>small washers and nyloc nuts on the other side of each. Looks great, worked
>swell! We even made sure all the slots lined up! Teaching my kid to be as
>anal as me!
> Photos soon, to share with all.....
>- Dave Destler
>West Hills, CA
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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