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  1. 07-01-2015, 12:56 PM #1
    jaudette3
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    Seeking a Miracle: A 3 for 3 Plating Shop

    Those of us who have restored cars are all too familiar with the "pick any two" rule when it comes to body shops and platers - we can reasonably expect two out of following three:

    1. Cost
    2. Quality
    3. Time

    The plating shop I've been dealing with has been fine with cost and quality but time has been a problem and now it's getting worse as they just won a large contract which shuffles smaller accounts to the back of the line. So I'm looking for a new plater. I use them to chrome plate SWB turn signals and to copper and nickel plate headlight reflectors in preparation for the vapor deposited aluminum process.

    So the miracle - Is anyone doing business with a plater who delivers on all three? For me the order of priority is: quality, cost and time. I have the first two with my present plater, but I'm just too busy to wait 3-4 months for a job to be done. Am I seeking the impossible?

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    I'll give a nod to Walker's Custom Chrome in Shasta Lake, Ca. Hits on all 3...
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  3. 07-01-2015, 06:36 PM #3
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    McKenzie Plating in Springfield has done some nice work for me. They have done a
    Quite a bit of work for George Wingards cars which have been shown at Pebble Beach.
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    John Thompson?...as in, Marathon Coach?
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