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I have been away for ten days visiting relatives in Melbourne.
I have dug out a few period pictures which show highly polished aluminium sill plates.
Note, the pictures of the hard topped coupe were taken in the Factory in Connersville.
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My driver side windshield needs to be rebuilt (rust and rot) and I have to find a place out of state that I can trust. I like/prefer when I can walk into a shop and and have a face to face with the person working on my car
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johnmereness wrote: My best advice would be to sand with perhaps 2000 grit sandpaper - wet, and then hand polish with such as Mother's Mag/Aluminum wheel polish - AGAIN BY HAND. And, I would be happy with the end result as it sure beats someone warping them up with a buffer or ... Also, you can always do some test spots on the backside to figure out your technique.
They above advice is very sound. You might try Semichrome polish in the tube. Only place I could purchase it was ebay but glad I did. It really restored my instrument gauge bezels nicely.
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I have a set of either unfinished phaeton or cabriolet sills, not sure which, that I'll experiment on.
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from the factory. In today's world of overly restored cars, I agree that they do look better highly polished but my experience tells me that
they were originally just bright natural aluminum finish for both the sedans and convertibles....
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