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Originally Posted by ThirtiesFord
Magnets stick to them, so I know it is ferrous metal. Yeah, probably some sort of stainless. Still shiny all these years though, amazing.
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That stainless is amazing. Mine sat outside almost as long as yours. (It's a '47.) I took the stainless off, straightened it (with the old "pick and file" method) and with the right abraisive on a buffing wheel buffed them to look like brand new chrome. Amazing.
The hood ornament and piece on top of the grill is a different animal - what's called "pot metal" chrome plated. It gets little "pocks" in it over the years. The outfit that rechromed my bumpers said they can't do "pot metal" so I just cleaned it up and shined it with chrome polish. It pretty much passes the 15 foot test (you can't see it from 15 feet away.)