is there anyway to restore hardware?

 

are you talking bolts and little brackets? if so, there are places that can re plate them with zinc or whatever they were originally. i will be looking for a place to have some done myself. a guy i know finds the best bolts he can and puts them in a tumbler to clean them first.

 

Eastwood.com is a good place to start:

http://www.eastwood.com/metal-blacke...ystem-set.html

 

I haven't had time to try it yet, but check out this link:

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...storation.html

 

Find an industrial plater in your area. These were all greasy nasty rusty bolts off my car.