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Old 03-23-2020, 12:06 AM   #1
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Re: 69-72 PO3 Hub Caps - were these ever really chrome?
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anyone got any tips on reapinting these caps after polishing?
Several years ago I made a set of templates or dies for painting these caps. They came out looking factory perfect. It was a fair amount of careful work making the molds, but required no taping and super quick to paint once done.
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Old 03-23-2020, 12:25 AM   #2
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Re: 69-72 PO3 Hub Caps - were these ever really chrome?
An FAQ thread with oem4me's contribution and others:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=455805
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Old 03-23-2020, 01:13 AM   #3
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Re: 69-72 PO3 Hub Caps - were these ever really chrome?
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Several years ago I made a set of templates or dies for painting these caps. They came out looking factory perfect. It was a fair amount of careful work making the molds, but required no taping and super quick to paint once done.
those look great..
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Old 03-23-2020, 07:33 AM   #4
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Re: 69-72 PO3 Hub Caps - were these ever really chrome?
Here’s another anecdote re cap painting: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...&postcount=247
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Here’s another anecdote re cap painting: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...&postcount=247
Wow those turned out beautiful. The blue looks dead-on to me or close enough. What a great source, thank you.
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Re: 69-72 PO3 Hub Caps - were these ever really chrome?
I had a gmc cap just like that, I posted it years ago, and I took the same type of comparison photo. Someone (don’t recall who it was) said it was from a van or delivery vehicle??
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Old 11-14-2023, 09:42 AM   #7
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I had a gmc cap just like that, I posted it years ago, and I took the same type of comparison photo. Someone (don’t recall who it was) said it was from a van or delivery vehicle??
That had crossed my mind, and makes perfect sense considering those may have had a different drivetrain.
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