Lepic Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 I saw that 1951 Ford Deluxe,, all the body is polish to perfect on steel , it shine,, and the chrome is copper plate, Do you thing is a factoty made or just an one of creation?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Haynes Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Just a one off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Shifter Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 It might be, and probably is, a vinyl body wrap with spray can painted trim. Certainly one-off (thank goodness). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 None were sold looking like that. It's a one-off, from modern times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 I agree it is vinyl wrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 5 hours ago, Lepic said: I saw that 1951 Ford Deluxe,, all the body is polish to perfect on steel , it shine,, and the chrome is copper plate, Do you thing is a factoty made or just an one of creation?? The only 'factory made' shiny Ford products were a small handful of stainless steel 1936 Fords, a Thunderbird, and a Lincoln. It was commissioned by Allegheny Steel to stress the virtues of stainless steel. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gray Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Don’t forget the Autocars that were in the Edgecomb Steel fleet. These were likely stamped by Allegheny Ludlum Steel also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Too bad the front of that Continental got whacked! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-mman Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 That was a problem that was discovered with the stainless car experiment. Beautiful when new but not repairable when damaged. Unless you paint it then, the natural finish becomes mute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, m-mman said: That was a problem that was discovered with the stainless car experiment. Beautiful when new but not repairable when damaged. Unless you paint it then, the natural finish becomes mute. But Delorean had to rediscover that fact... Then again, I've always thought Deloreans looked good painted (though I'm not sure about the 4x4 stance of this one). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 On 3/4/2023 at 2:16 AM, 8E45E said: The only 'factory made' shiny Ford products were a small handful of stainless steel 1936 Fords, a Thunderbird, and a Lincoln. It was commissioned by Allegheny Steel to stress the virtues of stainless steel. Craig There were three Model A Fords made of stainless ("rustless steel" in Ford-speak), although apparently they were not commissioned by Allegheny. What level of involvement did Allegheny have with the stainless-bodied Ford Model A's? One still exists. The site won't allow copying pictures but they can be seen here: 1931 Model A Stainless Steel Tudor Sedan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryankazmer Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 On 3/4/2023 at 2:27 PM, joe_padavano said: But Delorean had to rediscover that fact... Then again, I've always thought Deloreans looked good painted (though I'm not sure about the 4x4 stance of this one). I believe the natural finish ones were factory clear coated after seeing how they fingerprinted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFitz Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) On 3/9/2023 at 7:20 AM, bryankazmer said: I believe the natural finish ones were factory clear coated after seeing how they fingerprinted Got into the NYC auto show early on the first day only for the media. Some exhibitors were still putting the finishing touches on their exhibits. At the Delorean booth a worker was going over the car removing any marks from being pushed into position. I was amazed at how quickly he cleaned it up,...with a Scotch Brite pad. The car was not polished, it was what is known as a "brushed finish". Any I saw there after in public I did not see fingerprints. Maybe the trick to keeping hands off them was always keep driving like Narco's are after you ? Oh wait,... that didn't work for Delorean. 😁 Paul Edited March 10, 2023 by PFitz (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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