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#494681 - 03/15/08 09:32 AM
restore or original pierce arrow
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I just purchased a 1930 pierce arrow all original and untouched in excellent condition the question is to stay in original category is maintenance allowed ? and some chrome has been exposed to salt air for 60 years and is down to base metal can i rechrome and still be original? thanks r.a.
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#494694 - 03/15/08 10:46 AM
Re: restore or original pierce arrow
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nearchoclatetown
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Loc: pa.
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Can you swap out the chrome with better original parts? Or is it something that would be bad on most other original cars?
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#494726 - 03/15/08 01:28 PM
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Harry J.
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Registered: 08/08/04
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Loc: Atlanta, Ga.
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First, let me state I am not a judge. Second, can you post a picture? On a personal basis I think in order to preserve a car some maintenence must be performed; this would apply to cosmetic work as well as mechanical. I feel a water pump rebuild or repacking of wheel bearings would be allowed,so some chrome or paint should be allowable; especially if it prevents further deterioation. Should the Oldsmobile "Limited" sold at Hershey last year be restored? This point brings to mind an Antiques Roadshow I saw some years ago. It happens this couple had inhereited a highboy and taken it to a refinisher to have the ugly old paint removed. They were so proud. Turns out it would have been worth 1.5 mill. if they had left the original finish; now only 80K.
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#494877 - 03/16/08 10:09 AM
Re: restore or original pierce arrow
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I read the aaca judges manual but there is no reference to rechroming i do not want to paint it or change anything its just the chrome has been polished so many times that its worn off and base metal showing It is a salon edl and grill and rockguard are now green and on a car this big it shows up Thanks R.A.
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#495161 - 03/17/08 12:41 PM
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Harry J.
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Registered: 08/08/04
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Loc: Atlanta, Ga.
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arrow...My '28 Lincoln has nickel plating. Nickel wears off where as chrome tends to peel with rust on the underling steel. Note my '28 Chrysler has chrome.
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#508001 - 05/07/08 11:06 AM
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Restorer32
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Registered: 07/25/02
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Loc: South Central Pa.
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Would be nickle in 1928. Nickle and chrome are indistinguishable in photos. Chrome is actually clear, what you see is the underlying nickle.
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