Aluminum Trim Restoration/Anodizing

[Dick Boneske]

Anyone heard of a shop in Minneapolis or St. Paul that does aluminum trim pieces? Someone told me the Mopar guys in that area use a shop that does very good work. Anyone? I posted this in the Body Shop area yesterday, also.

This is for the trim on my '64 GTO post coupe.

[RR67GTO]

Helo, there is a guy in Oregon who I had do my anodizing. I also heard from him from MOPAR people and he does alot of MOPAR parts. I took my 67 Grill mesh centers to him and he said it would be a problem because it had the steel plates connected to them. But, he asked me to leave them for a fe days so he could think about them. About a week later I got a cal from him saying they were done and turned out great. That was an understatment. They are like diamounds compared to most I see on some cars. Sure, it cost me $150.00 but it was worth twice that much as far as I'm concerned. One thing about the guy is he's odd. Meaning he's not really an outgoing and smiling kind of guy. But,looking at some of the MOPAR restoration work he does. I guess it's because he speaks to car parts better than to people. I don't care, because he was thrilled he found out a way to do the grills for me.

Mike in Oregon

[Stuart]

Try George Iverson at http://www.iversonautomotive.com/. I had him polish the stainless trim for my Bonneville and it came out real nice.

[A-body]

Iverson will not do anodizing. He claims it won't last. He polishes it then sprays clear over it. He does a lot of MOPAR stuff, but he does a lot of everything.
I took my beltline trim from my 67 to a guy in WI. It was about $300 for the 4 pieces. Right now he is doing all the aluminum on my 66 Chevelle, which is everything except the windshield stainless. It will be over 1K when done. He needs to see the parts before quoting to see if the pits or dents can be repaired. Front end pieces sometimes have too much sand pits to repair. Call Dennis at Ebert's Classic Chevrolet Parts, Inc. 1-715-325-3200

[Stuart]

That's interesting...George's website says he will do anodizing, although I'd tend to agree with him that a clear coat will work as well, at least in our part of the country where we don't have a lot of air pollution or acid rain or any of that (that is, assuming you don't drive the car in the winter.)

I polished up the aluminum side trim on my '66 Ford pickup by myself, and left it bare. I did take the parts to a commercial anodizing shop first to have the old anodizing stripped off in their tanks. I've found that it stays shiny, since the truck only gets occasional use and is parked in the garage the rest of the time. Once a year or so I go over it with metal polish and it looks pretty good.

[A-body]

Stuart
I just reread his site. He offers anodizing, but he doesn't do it, he sends it out. Some of what he says, in my opinion is BS, but to each his own. He stands behind his work, so he does what he believes is best. I had polished beltline moldings that had to be cleaned up every week it seemed. I had a set anodized, and I wipe them down to get off the fingerprints off, and they look perfect.
Gary