71 exhaust tip help needed
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71 exhaust tip help needed
Help me please
My 71 LTI is in final painting
All the chrome is now re-done as well
Passenger exhaust tip is to far gone to be re-chromed
Anyone know where I can get a GM original for the passenger side
Help
Thank You!!
My 71 LTI is in final painting
All the chrome is now re-done as well
Passenger exhaust tip is to far gone to be re-chromed
Anyone know where I can get a GM original for the passenger side
Help
Thank You!!
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From: Westminster Maryland
His,
Richard Fortier sells reproduction tips that he's had made.
They're really quite close to the originals in the way the material was cut, formed, welded, prepped, and plated.
They are not cheap but are VERY nice if you're interested in a tip with a pretty much original appearance. (If anything they're still just 'a bit' too nice.)
I don't know if he sells singles.
810-750-1472
Regards,
Alan
Richard Fortier sells reproduction tips that he's had made.
They're really quite close to the originals in the way the material was cut, formed, welded, prepped, and plated.
They are not cheap but are VERY nice if you're interested in a tip with a pretty much original appearance. (If anything they're still just 'a bit' too nice.)
I don't know if he sells singles.
810-750-1472
Regards,
Alan
Last edited by Alan 71; Mar 12, 2015 at 05:43 PM.
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His,
Richard Fortier sells reproduction tips that he's had made.
They're really quite close to the originals in the way the material was cut, formed, welded, prepped, and plated.
They are not cheap but are VERY nice if you're interested in a tip with a pretty much original appearance. (If anything they're still just 'a bit' too nice.)
I don't know if he sells singles.
810-750-1472
Regards,
Alan
Richard Fortier sells reproduction tips that he's had made.
They're really quite close to the originals in the way the material was cut, formed, welded, prepped, and plated.
They are not cheap but are VERY nice if you're interested in a tip with a pretty much original appearance. (If anything they're still just 'a bit' too nice.)
I don't know if he sells singles.
810-750-1472
Regards,
Alan
I am looking for the bezel, not the tip
Also I feel an original will have the proper fit
My search continues
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Hi s,
The reproduction bezels, (cast, chrome plated, not ss) are very nice.
There are certainly lots of originals that need to be re-plated available as Revi's link indicates.
I put the reproductions on my 71 because they fit better than the originals which seemed to have 'warped' a bit.
Regards,
Alan
The reproduction bezels, (cast, chrome plated, not ss) are very nice.
There are certainly lots of originals that need to be re-plated available as Revi's link indicates.
I put the reproductions on my 71 because they fit better than the originals which seemed to have 'warped' a bit.
Regards,
Alan
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Thank You Allen and Revi
The body shop over the winter used an original to adjust the fit, that's why they didn't want a made one
Revi, Thank You
The body shop will order it from ebay(it is the new one with the gm box in the pic)
If it has to go to the chrome then such is life, at least it will fit correctly
Thank You Everyone!!
I cannot wait to get the car out of the booth, reassembled, and back on the road
Should be another 3 weeks to finish
4 months of sanding and body work, the lines look amazing now!!
The body shop over the winter used an original to adjust the fit, that's why they didn't want a made one
Revi, Thank You
The body shop will order it from ebay(it is the new one with the gm box in the pic)
If it has to go to the chrome then such is life, at least it will fit correctly
Thank You Everyone!!
I cannot wait to get the car out of the booth, reassembled, and back on the road
Should be another 3 weeks to finish
4 months of sanding and body work, the lines look amazing now!!
