pepstrebeck Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Can anyone please reccomend a shop for the repair and restoration of a 1931 Buick hood ornament. Not just replating or pits, but an actual break. Here is the best shot "I" have of the hood ornament. This is for my brothers car. Any help or leads would be very much appreciated, thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFranklin Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Try your chrome shop first, they usually do or have a shop that does repairs. I would be leery of a shop that couldn't do it or recommend a shop that would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mitchell Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 AIH Chrome in Dubuque, IA has done fantastic work with broken parts for me. Dave Mitchell packard12s@hotmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) I'm almost certain that American Arrow may have a very high-quality reproduction made of stainless steel.americanarrowcorp.com248-435-6115 IT IS IN THE CATALOG Edited January 5, 2011 by Steve Moskowitz (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest my3buicks Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I also was thinking there was a reproduction available for these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepstrebeck Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 First let me say thank you for the help. I looked at the American Arrow website, and yes they do look great and to be very high quality. Off-topic from the Buick hood ornament, the quail for the 28-29 Ford model A looked absolutly fantastic, really great detail. My brothers Buick is an original, unrestored car, less than 12,000 original miles. I believe that it was a past AACA winner, but I will have to ask him when, (70's i believe). In the end I am sure he will want to get the original repaired, but in the short-term I think that the reproduction is the way to go (for now). If anybody else has anyone they would reccomend for this type of repair please let me know, any and all help is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I would vote for American Arrow. I have been to their shop and they do excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Wolk Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I just bought a friend one of their Packard mascots as a thank you for twisting my arm into buying Ford stock at under $2.00. Their stuff is pricey, but typically better than an original as stainless will not pit and likely will never break.I just had Dan straighten my wire wheels for my '33 Continental. Got them within twenty thousandths. No more wobblies. Dan was telling me that they have 6,000 different trim pieces that they cast in stainless.Walking into their shop is like walking into a time portal. I think Don bought all that machinery before I was born, 58 years ago.:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Wolk Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Here's the piece I bought from American Arrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepstrebeck Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Barry,Thanks for the photo of the Packard hood ornament. The detail looks pretty good from here. The photos on the American Arrow site could be a little better. Thanks again for all of the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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