1969 Camaro Sill Plates

[mhm1966]

From my understanding you cannot restore original still plates that have the rivets for the Fisher Body emblem. So, who is making the most accurate reproduction sill plates? I sure would like to use my originals because they are in good condition, but I feel they need something to look like they did when they came out of the factory.

[Zman1969]

Hearbeat has them listed as concours quality

https://www.heartbeatcitycamaro.com/...644760-USA%21/

[Unreal]

I don't see why not. I bought a lot of maybe 20 sill plates in generally bad condition at a swap meet, because a few had near-pristine Fischer Body emblems. I ground off the back of the rivets, and installed the original Fischer emblems on newer NOS sill plates. I just drilled out the sill plates, and epoxied the remains of the original rivets from the back side.

I don't see why you couldn't remove the Fischer emblems, similar to how I did, polish the sill plates, and then reinstall the emblems

[mhm1966]

That is what I was thinking of doing but wanted to get some input on how to restore them. Is the finish supposed to be satin or shiny? Getting back to the reproductions, I do not see any difference in HBC sill plates compared to OER except for the price. They both have the rivets.

[wthirty1]

I did something similar on mu '70 Cutlass prior to MCACN this past fall. The NOS sill plates didn't have the rivets.

I put a piece of tape over the front of the Fisher Body tag on my factory plates since the rivet is so tiny and I didn't want to risk losing it.

I took a grinding wheel to the back side of the plate to get the rivet loose.

Pulled the rivet out and kept it in a safe spot until I drilled a hole in the NOS plates.

The smallest dab of super glue and some tweezers helped get the factory rivet in to the NOS plates.

[wthirty1]

This is an NOS sill plate with the factory rivet removed from the original plates and installed in the NOS plate.

[firstgenaddict]

IF not mistaken The Aluminum sill plates are clear anodized originally.

[Kurt S]

Originally Posted by firstgenaddict

IF not mistaken The Aluminum sill plates are clear anodized originally.

That's what I recall too....

[70post]

Yes - they are Bright Dip Anodized...a different process compared to regular clear anodizing. Extremely hard to redo nicely on a door sill plate where there are all the little ridges, nooks and crannies. Best bet is as mentioned above...install original rivets on NOS plates.

[firstgenaddict]

Originally Posted by 70post

Yes - they are Bright Dip Anodized...a different process compared to regular clear anodizing. Extremely hard to redo nicely on a door sill plate where there are all the little ridges, nooks and crannies. Best bet is as mentioned above...install original rivets on NOS plates.

I had believed the sheets were probably anodized prior to stamping, just like most zinc parts were plated as blank sheets and then stamped, same with the fuel tanks etc.