hi all
Happy New Year
what was the finish on the scuffs plates on LH Torana's
galvanised
zinc
painted
chrome
????
Posted 01 January 2021 - 09:56 PM
hi all
Happy New Year
what was the finish on the scuffs plates on LH Torana's
galvanised
zinc
painted
chrome
????
Posted 02 January 2021 - 10:50 AM
Depends on the spec .
If it's a S (VB) poverty pack they are usually gal .
Upspec (VC / VD) are zinc . i.e shiny .
I don't think there is any rhyme or reason . Whatever they had in the parts bin on the day.
Posted 02 January 2021 - 12:20 PM
Holden and Belmont were a zinc/gal look and possibly just painted in some cases. Kingswood, Monaro, Kingswood SL, HX-HZ Sandman, GTS, Monaro LE and LS, Premier, Statesman, Statesman SL/E and Statesman Caprice were all chrome (bright). I would have thought Torana would be the same, ie the low spec car (S) would be zinc and SL, SL/R, SS and SL/E chrome. I'd have all the finish specs somewhere.
Posted 02 January 2021 - 02:14 PM
Scuff plates are bright zinc for all LH & LX 69 models.
Posted 02 January 2021 - 02:32 PM
Posted 02 January 2021 - 03:02 PM
That explains why there were no chrome Torana ones in my shed when I got rid of all Torana stuff! The last Torana ones I had were zinc hatchback ones, not sure what they were off.
All LH/LX 77 models have the same scuff plate part numbers. I didn't mention 77 models in my previous post as I did not know if they all had bright zinc or chrome.
Looks like they were all bright zinc like the 69 models.
Posted 02 January 2021 - 03:17 PM
Posted 02 January 2021 - 05:49 PM
Posted 02 January 2021 - 06:28 PM
Posted 03 January 2021 - 08:55 AM
All LH/LX 77 models have the same scuff plate part numbers.
That maybe the case, but there might have been a couple of different suppliers. From what I have seen over the years, I reckon there were both cad plated and zinc plated ones. The zinc ones in my car are still quite shiney.
Posted 03 January 2021 - 10:15 AM
Posted 03 January 2021 - 10:18 AM
That maybe the case, but there might have been a couple of different suppliers. From what I have seen over the years, I reckon there were both cad plated and zinc plated ones. The zinc ones in my car are still quite shiney.
Edited by S pack, 03 January 2021 - 10:20 AM.
Posted 03 January 2021 - 10:20 AM
They still rust doesn’t matter what you coat them with
Posted 03 January 2021 - 10:48 AM
Posted 03 June 2021 - 10:30 AM
Hi all I have just removed mine and my guess is they are steel and painted with a zinc like paint, I started to clean up with a wire brush, paint comes off easy enough, I was going to just clean right back and undercoat and spray with a zinc finish, but after seeing Hanra's I might get zinc plated.
Howie
Posted 03 June 2021 - 11:26 AM
Mine have dulled somewhat over the years.
Posted 03 June 2021 - 11:50 AM
If you were doing again would you still zinc plate, just rang one place over phone estimate $240 for the four plates with a 7week turnaround.
Might go back to original idea of prime and paint.
Howie
Posted 03 June 2021 - 12:09 PM
If your restoring your car to original. Then yes I would re-zinc them. Will the car be finished within 7 weeks? If not, send them away now.
Posted 03 June 2021 - 12:18 PM
Thanks
Posted 03 June 2021 - 02:19 PM
Posted 04 June 2021 - 11:24 AM
Yeah I had mine zinc plated.
So is that what they were like new
Howdy Howie,
I replied in the new thread you started, Maybe datto could copy the other thread here and delete (or cbf?).
Cheers,
Clay
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Sorry Clay I don't like starting new threads, but I cant work out how to add pics to old threads
Howie
Yeah I had mine zinc plated.
Hi Hanra your zinc plated scuff plates was that back to what was original or just a finish you decided on.
Howie
Posted 04 June 2021 - 11:53 AM
Get em Zinc'd. Youl'll be right. Dont get them Cad plated.
Posted 08 June 2021 - 02:13 PM
Posted 09 June 2021 - 02:12 PM
I have over a hundred photos of brand new Toranas, and not one shows the scuff plates.
This one is unrestored, and it is hard to believe that it was ever bright.
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Posted 09 June 2021 - 03:30 PM
You should see what mine look like now.
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