Is that a blue one I saw you trailering last week? It is a shame Chromemasters is out of business. The flood and the economy must have been a double whammy.
On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 4:47:51 PM UTC-5, Bert Knupp wrote: > > Volks, > > I am repairing and fixing up a 1972 SuperBeetle for purposes of resale as > a basically stock daily driver. Doing am engine overhaul, new interior, > removing > rust, fixing up brakes, doing minor body work, repainting, etc. > > My question regards the bumpers: Both bumpers have a good deal of rust, > though no dents or distortions. No local chrome-plater wants to mess with > VW bumpers, though several mail-order places advertise (costly) replating > jobs. There are aftermarket cheapo bumpers in most catalogs. > > The bumpers could be sanded, polished, and painted. Or professionally > re-plated. Or replaced. Or kept as-is for the buyer to work with, > though the “curb appeal” of the car would suffer. > > Any suggestions? Anyone have experience with the painting option? Given > the mediocre demand for SuperBeetles I obviously don’t want to spend more > than the car’s market value on fixup work. > > Bert Knupp in Music City USA > > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
