Plymouth Owners Club

Hello, My chrome plater has destroyed the radio grill for my 1941 Plymouth, and I am trying to locate one. Please e-mail me direct at: , if you have one, or a lead on one. Thanks in advance for any help given. Mike Boyle, Louisville, KY

sorry, no grill for You, Michael.
But can You inform us what happened or what had to be avoided not to loose the part?
Maybe we can learn from Your bad experience? I didn?t get  2 very special miniature filter housings
for my practice backfrom my chrome plater. Reason was simple : he lost them.

Good luck! Go

For what it is worth..... When I send, take, something into be chromed, I take pictures of the item (s)... The chrome shop I use, Vern's Plating in El Segundo, also takes a picture of everything that comes into their shop.
I have never lost anything to date....Bill

Contact Lindsay McConnell, he deals in '41 Plymoth parts

Mike,

Look for photos directly to your email.
Have three in stock.
One very nice, nickel plated original, a re-chromed unit and a perfect triple plated show chromed piece.
Sorry about your loss, I hear of this happening quite a bit.

Some one asked what happened to the radio grill, so here is the explanation. There was already one cross bar broken, and several were really crooked. I broke the first one, attempting to straighten it. They(chrome plater) were able to repair it, but when buffing was started, it and a few others broke again.  The explanation given to me was,"The casting is bad, too brittle." I have the other parts that fit into the grill, ash receiver, radio delete plate, clock delete plate, and all of these have been plated. If the grill had not been broken prior to taking it to them, I would be seeking some type of reimbursement. They actually do good work, but they are really proud of it.

Make sure you give the parts already done (delete plates, etc.) to the plater when you have the new grill done. Otherwise the parts may not fit together when finished. Narrow tolerances don't always allow the parts to fit together after plating unless they are properly fitted before the plating.

Michael, Thanks for the info! Was the grill of "pot metal" ?
I too have a couple of parts I wouldn?t trust after Your experience. The seem to get scars and alter to less Quality wihen aging.

Some M?rklin Lokos of the 40 ies and 50 ies suffer similar metal reaction called zinc pest here. They dissolve into pieces.
Even in these days we had a couple of zinc-al cast model RR car decks curving after a few years. They said they have gotten bad alloys.

Greetings! Go

Yes, the grill is made of"pot metal."

Thanks for the tip on taking my previously plated parts with my new grill(when I obtain one).

Thanks to the generosity of Jim Yergin, I have one on the way. Unfortunately, the outside bar where the radio would go is gone, but the radio delete plate may cover it. Also, found one at a salvage yard here locally (yard was closed for normal business back in the sixties) that is pitted pretty bad, and has the top grill bar broken loose on one end,  but may be usable. And Lindsay has 3 for sale, so I will have to make a decision soon.