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22 Feb 2020 16:46 #39550 by Tim Gilmartin

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Highly polished is what the judges want to see.
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19 Feb 2020 04:07 - 19 Feb 2020 04:14 #39529 by Terry Cockerell

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Hi Bill.
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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16 Feb 2020 04:05 #39514 by balinwire

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the sills on my car are in very original condition, where the door shims plates the holes have corroded out and there is some honest time minor pitting, nothing not serviceable for an original driver. My plan is to try to fill the small pits and straighten the metal and the few small cracks I was going to use low temperature aluminium alloy welding rod. I like the high shine but it would not survive the humid climate where I live. The fine hand sanding and light polishing with a small Dremel tool for small areas. Any production chrome could loose these in high speed buffing. I read in Hemmings News of a shop that restores trim but I do not have the tel #. YouTube link to a video of welding rod,

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15 Feb 2020 20:42 #39513 by wcoye

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Tim there very few downsides to living in Raleigh. But there are no plating shops in North Carolina =,^(.
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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15 Feb 2020 20:32 #39510 by Tim Gilmartin

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Bill: check around your local area for a plating shop. They could possibly do a great polish job for minimal cost.
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15 Feb 2020 20:26 #39509 by wcoye

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Thanx. Somewhere along the line I ended up with two sets. Lucky me, I guess.

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14 Feb 2020 19:06 #39507 by uconn_1965

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As best as I can remember, the sills for a phaeton or cabriolet are the same.

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14 Feb 2020 18:50 #39506 by 1748 S

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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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14 Feb 2020 17:15 #39504 by wcoye

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Thanx, John.
I have a set of either unfinished phaeton or cabriolet sills, not sure which, that I'll experiment on.

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14 Feb 2020 16:35 #39502 by johnmereness

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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.

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14 Feb 2020 16:03 #39501 by wcoye

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I have purchased an unpolished repo set. Trying to determine if I have the skill and nerve to polish them myself.

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14 Feb 2020 02:53 #39499 by uconn_1965

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I don’t have his name or contact info and dont know if he is still around but quite a few years ago there was a guy in New Jersey who made repro. Cord door sills that were very nice. Maybe another club member knows if he’s still around.

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13 Feb 2020 18:49 #39498 by 1748 S

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Am not able to respond to how shiny but can suggest mixing or experimenting with silver paint to fill in the pits or to color the black stuff. A high gloss lacquer may be all you need.

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13 Feb 2020 17:28 #39497 by wcoye

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Resurrecting a 2 year old topic. Just how high a polish were the 810/12 aluminum door sills real shinny, mirror shinny, or sort of shinny?

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30 Jun 2018 17:00 #34865 by wcoye

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Alas , now that I have the sills off I find they are really almost dent free. What I have 82 year old aluminium with deep corrosion pits. I tried to gently scrape the black out off a couple pits with a dental tool. One when right through the metal. No more of that! Some places look as though they were worked and in those places the metal is kinda crisp. After polishing two I find they look a lot better...it's just the remaining faults are more obvious. There is an added plus. Having loosened up the front seat I've found some upholstery issues I can easily fix!
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30 Jun 2018 16:26 #34863 by 1748 S

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Try posting a picture of the dents in the sill plates. With all the members here that know how to repair metal work I bet someone can tell you how to hammer out from the back side these ugly dents.

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30 Jun 2018 13:37 #34860 by wcoye

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Urgh! Well I worked about an hour on one rear sill plate and it looks ok. But not any better than ok. It has a couple of sizable/deep black pits that I think are too far gone to sand out. Gonna try a Dremel pointy coned shaped felt pad and see if I can clean the pits out. Otherwise I'm going to have "ok" looking sills and live with it. My not trying to make her into a show queen, just a honest girl.

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30 Jun 2018 06:00 #34858 by Terry Cockerell

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Bill I have been in contact with Rick Hulett who drew my attention to a picture of the hard topped Cord coupe on page 176 of The Timeless Classic. The door is open on the coupe and the sill plate is seen to be shining brightly. So polished it is.

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28 Jun 2018 14:36 #34851 by wcoye

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Thanks Terry and very good point. Judges, what say ye?

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27 Jun 2018 21:18 #34848 by Terry Cockerell

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Your question has created some doubts in my mind as to the true original surface finish of these aluminium plates. Highly polished certainly looks great and that is what I have seen in cars being judged in Auburn although I have only been to Auburn twice. Perhaps we need a confirmation from the ACD Judges. Polished aluminium looks great but it is also very easily marked.

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27 Jun 2018 18:33 #34847 by wcoye

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Thanx! I ordered a power ball and mothers metal scratch remover last night. May follow up with Mothers Aluminum and Mag polish if it looks like it will make a difference. Will report back with results

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27 Jun 2018 05:10 #34842 by 1748 S

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My experience polishing aluminum depends on the metal quality. No telling what the aluminum composition was for the original metal was.You can get an inexpensive buffing wheel and some compound from many places. Harbor Freight has bout the least expensive.

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27 Jun 2018 03:26 #34841 by wcoye

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Well that is certainly encouraging. I may be able to get a bright finish on them.
Many thanks, Billy Bassoon

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27 Jun 2018 02:05 #34840 by uconn_1965

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In my experience of owning and driving Cords for the last 49 years, I really question sill plates being highly polished originally
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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27 Jun 2018 01:51 #34839 by wcoye

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Thank you. No amount of polishing will ever bring mine close to these. Maybe I'm better off just cleaning mine up and not having to obsess about what happens to them ;^)

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27 Jun 2018 00:23 #34838 by 1748 S

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High gloss finish. This armchair in a stunning example.

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26 Jun 2018 22:20 - 26 Jun 2018 22:21 #34837 by Terry Cockerell

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Highly polished aluminium in all cases. They mark so easily. When the restoration of my Cord is finished I think I will have to carry signs KEEP YOUR FEET OFF THE SILL PLATES.

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26 Jun 2018 20:36 #34836 by wcoye

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Hi! What kind of finish did/do the sill plates on our 810s have? Anodized? Shiny? Mat? Mine are tired and I'd like to clean them up and get them at least close to what they're supposed to look like. Replacements are out of the question. Way too many $$$ to justify.

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