31 Bumperettes - Were they all plated?

[JoelsBuicks]

The front bumper for my ‘31 8-67 is the two horizontal bar type with three bumperettes (there’s probably a better name but I’m drawing a blank).  Pictured below, they show no sign of chrome plating, not even an underlying copper plate.  They appear pitted but it doesn’t quite look like rust pits.   There is a remnant of old black paint but not sure it’s original.  The chrome on the bumper bars was not good but not pitted.

 

Although I have never seen any of these painted, is it possible - has anyone seen these painted?  Kind of wanting to avoid another chrome bill but only if appropriate.

 

Thanks,

Joel

 

Edited March 26, 2018 by JoelsBuicks (see edit history)

[Pete Phillips]

Never seen an unpainted one. Perhaps after-market? Chrome plating of bumpers and bumper guards was well established by 1931.

[JoelsBuicks]

They may very well be aftermarket as I have not seen that sculpted bolt head showing on the chromed ones.  Interesting that I have seen at least three different bumper styles for 1931; a one-bar, two-bar, and a three-bar.

 

 

[Mark Shaw]

Yes, they were plated on your series car.