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Nickel or not?

Post by Nate22huckster » Tue Jun 28, 2022 4:42 pm

Making up a list of items that need to go to the plater and wasn’t sure about a few things. On my two project vehicles should the following items be nickel plated or painted?

1927 TT:
-ignition switch plate (oval style)
-windshield pivot slides
-windshield pivot clamp nuts
-outer door handle
-inner door handle

1927 Tudor:
-windshield pivot slides
-windshield pivot clamp nuts
-door sills plates that say “Ford”

Thanks!

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Re: Nickel or not?

Post by George House » Tue Jun 28, 2022 5:01 pm

Nathan,.. what are you calling “windshield pivot slides”? The pivot clamp nuts on both vehicles will be nickel and, if I understand you have a factory enclosed cab TT, the inner door handle will be painted.
I don’t know why I turned out this way. My parents were decent people 🤪

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Re: Nickel or not?

Post by JTT3 » Tue Jun 28, 2022 5:09 pm

Pivot slides are plated


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Re: Nickel or not?

Post by Nate22huckster » Wed Jun 29, 2022 6:13 am

Thanks for the info! Yes, it is a standard Ford closed cab, and by pivot slides I’m trying to describe the flat plate with a slot in it to hold the windshield in the open or closed position.

Does anyone know about the oval ignition switch panel? I’m assuming on a truck it would be less-fancy and be painted instead of nickel. What about Tudor door sills?

Thanks again

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Re: Nickel or not?

Post by Humblej » Wed Jun 29, 2022 6:33 am

Oval ignition switch panel with an ammeter hole is nickel plated, oval switch without an ammeter hole is painted black.


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Re: Nickel or not?

Post by Allan » Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:10 am

Door sill plates are usually zinc. They were nut plated on our Canadian sourced cars.

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