1970 Chevelle valve covers

[P.J.]

Rick
let me know if you need to have your orig valve covers replated properly. there is a local plater and he is the very best.
Peter

[SS427]

Thanks Peter, I will keep that in mind. Still have not come up with a complete set yet. I really dont want to use Crane's even though they aren't bad.
Rick

[SS427]

Thanks to Steve B. from Ct I have located two sets. Thanks Steve for all your help and a VERY fair price. So that I don't go through this again, I will still buy a couple extra sets for the shelves for future restorations if anyone has any.
Rick

[CamarosRus]

I recently picked up my next botched chrome plating job.
Brought local shop 70 LS-6/L-78 valve covers with light/medium surface rust. Asked if they could strip and replicate the factory flash chrome look. They agreed and said they would nickel and chrome plate w/o the usual copper and show polishing. Not sure where, why or how these misscomunications, missunderstandings happen......but shop stripped chrome sandblasted surface and plated over the "rough" surface. Looks very industrial and NOT usable on anything that would be called a restoration. I paid $100 for this exercise in futility. Same shop also could not replate 70 Camaro R/S grill surround, and left me with another incomplete mess..........
Thanks for allowing me to vent !!!!!!!!!!!

[SS427]

Seems to be the current trend. I have heard at least 4 different people say they have been screwed on plating of valve covers, me included. Unfortunately that little "miscommunication" will cost me over $600 and what once was a very good pair of 70 only covers! Thanks to CTChevelle for bailing me out of most of the problem.
Rick

[VintageMusclecar]

Rick;

If the chrome plating could be successfully removed, could the covers be repaired and RE-replated?

Eric

[SS427]

Nope! They attempted to repair them when I returned them to the plater and when I got them back a second time it looked like they beat them with a ball pean hammer. Maybe someone else could make them work but not me. They are junk in my opinion. Chad has seen them and am sure would agree.
Rick

[SS427]

Thanks to CTChevelle, I got my two sets of covers this morning and they look great. Steve was great to deal with shipping them even before receiving my check and shipped me exactly what he described and for a VERY fair price which certainly helped my situation. Always nice dealing with someone from the club as we are seldom taken advantage of.

If anyone else has 1970 covers in restorable shape for sale at a reasonable price, I am always interested in throwing some on the shelf so they are available for the next restoration and not causing me these delays.
Rick

[68SSCamaro]

I still owe you some photos but my wife has the digital camera and she's out of town for the weekend. I'll get them next week.