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The first stage of restoration is to take numerous pictures. We take many pictures of every angle of the exterior including the undercarriage. Any unusual or broken pieces need to be photographed and every part of the entire car, interior and exterior, gets photographed and logged into a log book. The engine is photographed from several angles prior to disassembly.

We then remove all the chrome and bright parts. They are photographed, tagged, logged and sent out right away as the wait time at the Chromer’s sometimes exceeds 6 months. As with the bodywork on a car, the cost of doing chrome rises if the parts are in bad shape. Parts that are either rusted through, badly pitted or bent and twisted will be considerably more money to rechrome than parts where the chrome may have faded or started to spider web but the part is otherwise in good condition. Chrome work is very much like doing the bodywork on a car. Bent parts are first straightened and then the flaws are filled or eliminated by welding and grinding, then filing the surface until it is ready to copper. The copper plate is used as a surfacer to fill small irregularities in the surface and to smooth everything as well as being like a primer for the nickel plate which follows. Often several coats of copper plate are put on and then buffed to make a high grade surface for the following plating. It is in this process that the quality of the end product will be determined, much the same way as in good body work and preparation determines the quality of a paint job.

The kick panel and door panels, headliners, dash, trim pieces are removed and care is taken not to ruin old interior pieces; most are very flimsy but may be needed as patterns to duplicate new pieces.

The windows in doors are logged carefully to describe fasteners, levers, rollers and other mechanical devices used for window operation. The camera cannot get into the door cavity so pictures must be drawn of complex door assemblies.

The body panels are removed if fastened and each stage of removal is photographed and logged. The wiring harnesses can be complex and brittle and must be completely removed. Brakes and other assemblies connecting the body to the frame are removed.

The mechanics continue to disassemble the remainder of the suspension, steering, differential, and brake parts from frame assembly.

The base frame is now ready for sandblasting or dipping. At this point there could be well over one thousand pictures taken and catalogued and the car has not even had any restoration work done.