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After I stopped laughing at the various comments on this post, I just wanted to 'chuck this out there'... I am up in Canada (B.C.)and just finished checking on re-chroming the bumpers on my '39 Six. I have the optional dual cross bars on the front, and with those and the four upright brackets, the estimate comes in at $1600 CDN, or $1185 US. This electroplating shop has been there forever and has an excellent reputation. While realizing there is some extra messing around with customs and additional freight, would there be any economy in shipping stuff north-of-the-border to take advantage of a weak Canadian dollar???

Six years ago, chroming the bumpers on my '40 160, the bills were:

1- front bumper $400
2-front bumper guards 170
2- bumper guard bars 125
1-rear bumper 400
2 - rear bumper guards 150

total 1245.

And last year or maybe a little longer I had the simple front and rear bumper bars on the 47 chromed. $500 each. The 4 uprights were $75 ea for a total of $1300. This was not including the large end extensions and center front license assy which would likely have been another $1000 at least. I was fortunate to find those reasonably priced and already chromed by another poster who decided not to re install them on his car.

Okay, I get it..... just a thought. There are some ridiculous disparities betwixt our two nations on some things, with the benefactors tipping either way.

If they do pot metal and have prices like that on the large 51-4 grill surrounds and inner parts it might be worth considering.

Yeah, I haven't checked on pot metal but that stuff is notorious for it's time consuming and labour intensive repair procedure to get all the pocks out (they should call it pock metal!) that I'm sure it would be commensurately more expensive. I have quite a bit to do and where possible, will try and just buy decent looking pieces off the net, rather than have mine resurfaced. Door handles are a good example - I see pretty good non-locking ones on EBay for $100 a pair and I doubt I could get mine redone for that.

I never stated before but the quote I passed on was $3500 to $4000. Sight unseen.

Each of the door handles and cranks were $35-45 each. I did a lot of the filing.

Also I try to keep any birds on the outside.

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I remember when I did my 54 Pacific 16 years ago the prices for chrome was:

Rear bumper - Vanderbilt fortune

Front bumper- Rothschild Estate

Complete Grill- Fort Knox

Misc. - Trump Assets

Mind you, that was 16 years ago!

Very nice pic of Sammy Seagull!! I notice that is from the interior of a '39 - maybe YOU can give me some info and advice on the glass removal of my driver's roll-up.... nobody else is volunteering. SMOEBODY must have taken one out!!