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1969 Camaro Sill Plates
From my understanding you cannot restore original still plates that have the rivets for the Fisher Body emblem. So, who is making the most accurate reproduction sill plates? I sure would like to use my originals because they are in good condition, but I feel they need something to look like they did when they came out of the factory.
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I don't see why not. I bought a lot of maybe 20 sill plates in generally bad condition at a swap meet, because a few had near-pristine Fischer Body emblems. I ground off the back of the rivets, and installed the original Fischer emblems on newer NOS sill plates. I just drilled out the sill plates, and epoxied the remains of the original rivets from the back side.
I don't see why you couldn't remove the Fischer emblems, similar to how I did, polish the sill plates, and then reinstall the emblems |
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mhm1966 (02-22-2022) |
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That is what I was thinking of doing but wanted to get some input on how to restore them. Is the finish supposed to be satin or shiny? Getting back to the reproductions, I do not see any difference in HBC sill plates compared to OER except for the price. They both have the rivets.
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I did something similar on mu '70 Cutlass prior to MCACN this past fall. The NOS sill plates didn't have the rivets.
I put a piece of tape over the front of the Fisher Body tag on my factory plates since the rivet is so tiny and I didn't want to risk losing it. I took a grinding wheel to the back side of the plate to get the rivet loose. Pulled the rivet out and kept it in a safe spot until I drilled a hole in the NOS plates. The smallest dab of super glue and some tweezers helped get the factory rivet in to the NOS plates.
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Finish plate
This is an NOS sill plate with the factory rivet removed from the original plates and installed in the NOS plate.
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IF not mistaken The Aluminum sill plates are clear anodized originally.
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olredalert (02-24-2022) |
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Yes - they are Bright Dip Anodized...a different process compared to regular clear anodizing. Extremely hard to redo nicely on a door sill plate where there are all the little ridges, nooks and crannies. Best bet is as mentioned above...install original rivets on NOS plates.
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mhm1966 (02-25-2022) |
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