[FC] Advance Plating of Nashville

[James Davis]

I have been dealing with Advanced Plating for six years.  Nice people 
to deal with.   Their restoration work is flawless.  Today I went 
to  pick up some street rod parts for a builder (and friend that does 
my aluminum welding) in Benton, KY ($12,000+) worth 
restoration/plating for one car!)   Advanced is very slow.  Usually 
three to four months turn around.  They are expensive and I recommend 
them when you want perfection.  I had some Rampside latches replated 
in Shreveport by United Bumper Exchange ten years ago.  They were $60 
each and the job was ok but not as good as original. They lasted for 
five years when the plating started to peal off the pot metal handles 
and rust through the backing plates.   Last year I had four done by 
Advanced Plating.  It cost $ 800 but are much better than original; I 
would say perfect.  For general plating of bumpers and such, I send 
or take them to Larry Claypool.  The last set of replated FC bumpers 
from Larry guy was $266 exchange.  At Advanced Plating they would be 
in the $800 range, but you get what you pay for.
Jim Davis


At 03:53 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote:
>Jim...
>
>Have you had much work done by Advance Plating?  I have friends in 
>the area that are looking for a plater that does quality work.   How 
>fast is there turn around of parts??  How do you feel the pricing 
>structure is as compared to other platers, if you have any 
>experience with other platers.... thanks for your help...... Paul in CT
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>   From: James Davis
>   To: corvanatics at corvair.org
>   Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:45 PM
>   Subject: Re: [FC] Heater Coil
>
>
>   I love my factory gasoline heater.  No fumes, nearly instant heat,
>   and no fogging on rainy days.  I used it all day today where high
>   temperature was 38 degrees for the 300 mile trip to Advance
>   Plating  of Nashville and back.  I averaged about 60 mph for the five
>   hour trip and the Rampside got about 21 mpg with the heater on low.
>   Jim Davis
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