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anyone want to swap 3 mint deluxe hubcaps for 3 or 4 gt hubcaps ..I have 3 in poor condition..offers ..what have you got stashed away ...you wont use them get them off the wall ..what about a 69 bellett grille near mint headlight surrounds are cast .one is r/s.. cheers davo

I dont see a lot of replies yet Davo! You know your request for GT caps is about as rare a part as there is, and a whole set?
Sorry, I dont even have one to go on mine. I suppose thats why there are so many running mags.

As for the grille, don't do it! The PR90 grille is trademark. Even if its krusty, I'd still use it. And I reckon its worth having it rechromed, if possible.

Cheers, Matt.

Hey Davo,
Your PR90 grille is made out of folded stainless steel strips then hand assembled together which makes it quite unique as Matt said.
I have disassembled mine twice in 22 years and machine buffed all the pieces and it cones up like chrome. It doesn't need to be chrome plated. If you drop your grille up to me at my shop I can get to task on it for you.

Cheers, Lewis

sorry matt and lewis I am not disposing of my 90 grille its the later model grilles with the mesh like daves 91 gt has the cast twin headlight surrounds as well ..you know the ones ?? cheers davo ..lewis I have taken my 90 grille apart and done as you said polished the thing right up repainted the black posts that hold the grille pieces ..bit off an art lucky I had my spare the one I picked up in the cairns wreck bit dinted buy good to refer to re assembling mine cheers davo

hey lewis thank you for the offer to bring my grille up to scratch I got into that early so I could send the rusty headlight surrounds away ,,,hey I have a long way to go I will be calling on your services soon enough ...if that's ok cheers davo

Righto Davo, so if you are keeping the 90 grille, what do you want the late grille for? I know where I might get one, but dont know how much.
Cheers, Matt.

hi guys I wasn't clear I want to trade a near mint late model mesh grille for some gt caps ...yes I know ..good luck ..but someone has them ..cheers davo

Sorry, I got it backwards, I thought you wanted the grille.
Good luck mate,
Matt.

Are the 3 GT caps you have no good Davo? Do you have a picture?

they need rechromed they have been burnt in a fire .still have the Isuzu badge in the middle the outer part which has the grip onto the rim is rusty and r/s they need some work started to re do them this week ..mabee I can put in new clips to hold them on a task ......will get some pics up ..davo

some of the clipping is r/s then theres a good new one in japan I can send a photo of the deluxe minters if wanted anyone got gt caps

Love that bronze patina Davo......just clear coat them
Sorry I can't lend you 2 of mine....they are already on loan to me.

wonder who got that x new guinea gt that sold on ebay it had 3 caps ..no-one ever owned up in buying it the car wasn't it for sale at Ballina and the guy had r100 mazdas and cooper s cars as well which hed restored it vanished or did it ??? wonder if theyd like deluxe caps instead they look much nicer ...sell sell

I could help you with a spare mate, but it's got a bit of gutter rash, will need resto. Any good?

I wish I knew someone who restores hubcaps...there's a guy in NSW who is a wizard with R100 hubcaps, but it's $2000+ for a set, and won't work on any brand except Mazda.

Early GT wrote:Love that bronze patina Davo......just clear coat them
Sorry I can't lend you 2 of mine....they are already on loan to me.

I thought they are stainless steel.... so that 'rust' should polish off. The clips may not be stainless, but spring steel. Too long ago since i did them up on now Dave's GT.

then mask them up to repaint the paint areas. You would need to match the paint of course.

Davo

Have you tried polishing with a drill and flap disc?

Cheers Fying

flying wrote:Davo

Have you tried polishing with a drill and flap disc?

Cheers Fying

I don't think i would use a flap disk,.... i assume that's a sandpaper disk?

It would be too harsh on the s/s i think. I think i would prefer using something like mag wheel polish, more elbow grease but should just remove the discolouring and shine it up

my 2c

glenn

Dave, I am with Glenn, use chrome polish not too harsh, you can buy these polishes in Supercheap or Repco and they do a great job, slow when they need it like yours do, BUT for the rarity of these wheels you need to be as gentle as possible!

I still have those caps Glenn wrapped up in towels, when I get into my garage and I clean up and paint a decent set of standard rims, they will appear on the car at "special" Events.
Wow, aren't they rare now!!!

hi guys thanks for your return on the caps ..I spent a few painstaiking ours on these 3 caps polished ,buffed, and hamertone painted the relevant bit ..mee thinks they come up ok heres some pics of them and a side shot of the clip on it only one has a clip ... thanks glenn ,and glenn potter and farmer for your help what do you think ..not new ...nor am I

gold caps yet to be done ..it was Australia day shops shut