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I’d like to know if you could form these trim pieces to the inside of a 41 Buick trunk. There off a 61 Ford T-bird. The shape of the trunk lid is about the same as any coupe of the era. They seem to be what I call pot metal. I don’t want to ruin one to find out. Maybe there’s someone who might have something similar. Thanks in advance, Jack.
I was hoping that someone might had tried something like I described. So I’m going to ask any pro builders out there if they have. I know you do a lot of modificationsĀ with stainless and chrome trim on the out side of cars so have any of you tried this? Just a simple yes or no will do.
I can’t imagine, if it is pot metal, that it can be bent. And if it could I would think it would destroy the chrome plating which is not bendable.
Hi !
I have “welded” in potmetal with some success and it has a very short interval between solid and melting , this makes any bending quite difficult to pinpoint the exact temperature when the material is moving without cracking or turning into a puddle on the floor . I can only guess partly because its material characteristic , partly because its cast , I have not tried to heat-bend cast steel eitherĀ ?
The pros can be seen making custom trim in brass bars or stainless steel or regular steel , grinding , filing , polishing and chroming but that is something completely different and time consuming .
A variant for the Thunderbird trunk-trims would be to make a mold cast off in silicon off the original trim , bend theĀ moldĀ and then cast in resin , then sandĀ , polish and chrome the plastic , abit Micky mouse but possible , the next step would be to take the bent plastic trim to make aĀ castoffĀ mold and cast in ? brass / Potmetal or something .
Not my place to questionĀ but inside the trunk lid isĀ a very obscure space to put that much work into , I guess we are talking a -41 Buick full customĀ car that is best appreciated closed , who is going to seeĀ itĀ ? Thinking of the HirohataĀ that hadĀ one of the few tricked out trunk spaces maybe the space above the rear axle could use some trim highlights like these trims on a tucknrolled wall to hide the back of the rear seat rest .
Wolf
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