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Originally Posted by ss427
Hello everyone. May side trim has deep scratches. Can these be fixed or has anyone fabricated new ones. Or (ha ha) can they be bought in the aftermarket. Thanks for the info  |
There is little or no way to repair those aluminum side panels when deeply gouged or scratched.
There were originally four Reynolds Aluminum plants which produced side panels for Olds. They are what is known as an embossed product, meaning the ridges were placed into the aluminum under extreme pressure. The tooling at the various Reynolds plants was not exactly the same resulting in some panels having ridges being more pronounced or wider apart than those from other plants. The raw uncut embossed aluminum came in 2 foot wide material and was originally sold by Reynolds as an architectural product. There is also a very slightly gray tinted lacquer coating on the panels (they were not anodized) to protect them from corrosion.
There is a Canadian Company reproducing the panels, but hang on to your wallet as a full set will run something over 3 grand if my memory serves me correctly.
For general information, early 1962 production in one or more Olds plants did not have the stainless center accent later used in all plants. The Canadian firm sells the panels both with and without the holes for the stainless center accent (door guard) trim.