Chrome is where the heart is – Tommy and Joel update the bright work on their ‘71 Chevy Caprice and they’ll visit the chrome plater to break down how the new bling comes into being.
00:00 – Intro
01:59 – Advanced Plating Visit
11:01 – Caprice Gets Its Chrome
11:36 – Blue Wildcat Flashback
16:43 – New Top For The Caprice
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PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE:
Advance Plating: Custom Chrome & Powder Coating
Watch Part 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcetfJJ-g1k
That plating process is complicated and interesting
Please do a 79 Caprice Classic Areo Coup. 2 door wrap around back glass.
I have a 71 caprice 4 door. I appreciate this build insight. I’ve been tuning in since the beginning, and each video has been helpful. I
Holy crap , the orange peel is horrible
Anybody besides me like to see the fender skirts left off of Fat Stack!!!
Great. And now I want I wildcat.
I don't really like chrome, honestly.
🙏🏾 I need my 1972 Oldsmobile cutlass done like that 🏆keep up the great work
do you guys sale this car after done? very interested in buying
Really don’t like the wheels and I would have painted the car the same oem color great job!
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Just heads up those wheels are supposed to be directional. They're installed backwards. Love the build though guys. Keep up the good work!
Where did you purchase the replacement vinyl top material? I have a 1970 Impala that I need to replace the material on.
“Maybe even your occupation”
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Stick to building cars and don’t attack culture please
#Alabama
Why no mention of the 67 427 SS Impala ?
You guys are awesome congratulations on A beautiful baby 👶
Thanks for this video, I've been looking for a Chrome restoration shop for my car parts.
Vinyl top is a big mistake after all the work, IMHO. Love the car but also feel the green should have been real dark metallic, also, IMHO.
Dosen't matter how they do it if I touch it , it WILL turn green !
I'm not a fan of vinyl tops but it looks good from my point of view.
Chrome is awesome. A lot of respect for the work and effort that goes into it. Restoring stainless though. That takes a special kind of person. Literally. I've seen my dad take some of the most mangled and dented stainless trim and make it flawless or near to it. Even he has a line though. I've also seen him look at people and pretty much tell them they're screwed lol.
I have never owned a car from the 1960s , the closest I've got was a 1970 Buick Centurion . And even though it weighed as much as a full-size pickup , it still went like a bat out of hell with a 454 engine .
have a '70 caprice and i wanna redo all the vinyl interior. What pressurized gun did you use? What glue did you use? Where can you buy large pieces of vinyl like that?
Booo Hisss vinyl top
Got rid of nine on a'70 442 and it never looked better…
Amazing work guys keep up the amazing work 🫡🫡😁
…I thought the vinyl top seams ran down with the roof line about eight inches from the gutter rails?
not a fan of oversized cars but it is growing on me.
Why with the vinyl top boys?…
I have to say, I'd always wondered how they did chrome plating. I found that segment of the show pretty interesting. I had no idea it was such an involved process.
Ruined it with that vinyl top
Having done a few of those vinyl tops, I can confirm what Tommy said about it being easier to put a top on without the windshield. I will make a note that the way Tommy and Joel put that top on is not wrong, it is also not the way I was taught to put a vinyl top on. As the way I was taught was to use a dowel rode or yard stick, to keep from getting wrinkles in the top as you put it down because once you got it down you was not getting it back up to take that wrinkle out.
How much is this car worth?
Chrome and a vinyl roof are a no from me. Never understood why people like chrome so much.
Thanks for that in-depth plating section. Really fascinating to see what and how much goes into it.
Tommy and Joel, your trip to Advanced Plating in Portland Tennessee was extremely interesting to watch and learn about chrome plating. I sure wouldn’t mind in a second to own Fat Stack!
Hexavalent chrome…mmm the really good cancer causing type.
Not elegant, it’s got “class”!
Would like to put a Vinyl Top on our 1996 Caprice Classic >
God I hate vinyl tops.They look like crap compared to nice shiny paint and all they're good for is causing rot