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Items subject to war chrome, what was changed and some care instructions are detailed in Dec 1, 1951 Service Counselor 25 #14.
What it does is make most of the items full of pits today -- if not even by a year or two old some were suffering. Some can be repaired but others were so bad as to be a lost cause.
Posted on: 2012/6/24 14:29
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This might help explain - no nickel was used.
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Posted on: 2012/6/24 18:21
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It was for sure into 1953. The replacement grille on my '54 came from a '53 donor car and it was for sure war chrome. Yellowed from the clear lacquer sprayed over the thin chrome. No pits at all. Also I have a parking light housing that where only the copper coating is left, no chrome.
Posted on: 2012/6/24 20:54
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One of my least favorite jobs, when working as a kid in my father's dealership, was using a strong paste-like lacquer remover to take off peeling protective coating used on the Korean War chrome. It was messy and time consuming. Sometimes I thought the protective coating was stronger than the plating it was supposed to protect. Thanks for letting me share...
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Posted on: 2012/6/24 20:56
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JW,
Reminiscing welcome any time. I don't think there's enough of it--bringing the humanity back into the machine. What, BTW, happened after you removed the laquer? Did you put on another coat of some protectant? This conversation reminds me so much of the lauded "clearcoat" now covering (sometimes) the paint on most cars. I hate the stuff.
Posted on: 2012/6/25 18:17
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As I recall, nothing further was done to protect the plating. We had removed the unsightly and peeling protective coating, so the chrome plating underneath looked just fine.
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So when did chrome return to normal?
Posted on: 2012/7/12 22:01
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1954.
Posted on: 2012/7/12 23:56
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In October or so of 1951 my dad bought a new 1951 Ford. One of the first things he did was apply something called "Chrome Protector" over the grille. As I recall, it made for a sort of fogged look to the chrome. By the time he traded the car in 1957, some of it had come off (leaving very shiny chrome where it had been) and the remainder made the grille look like it had been painted silver.
Posted on: 2012/7/13 0:13
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