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Thank you, it's a fun project! Cleaning off the remnants of lacquer and polishing everything up makes the original chrome look good. When you mention cleaning off lacquer, if any was a clear coating and on chrome or other bright items you might want to check the list to verify that it was not on one of the pieces that might have been "war chrome". By 53 production I expect most if not all of that stuff was gone but since a lot of pieces are interchangeable with earlier years you never know if there was any waiting to be used up or something stuck in some dealer inventory that might have been installed after the fact.
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HH56, that is exactly what it is. I should have said enamel, not lacquer. I the picture below you can see the two places under the "teeth" where the enamel is still in good condition, other than it has yellowed. There was still enamel on the back edge of this piece, the bottom of the grille and the back edge of the teeth, anywhere that it was more protected. My entire grille had enamel, as does most of my car. There is no indication of front end damage, so no reason to think this is not the grille the car left the factory with. My car was 8901 of 10799 Cavaliers produced in 53, so not an early one.  
Posted on: Today 13:00
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Sorry, shining a light on the fact that you guys are neglecting your cars was not my intention. 
Posted on: Today 13:22
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