The chrome plater I use has unfortunately lost two parts of my 1963 Golde ragtop assembly. In the past the quality of workmanship and service has been exemplary, but this has been an unfortunate oversight.
He has agreed to replace the lost components but finding them is the difficult part so that leaves me with two options:
A) Try and track down some replacements which is proving very difficult, or
B) Borrow someones bits to have them reproduced
B is an option because the two parts lost are:
1) The latch (hook sorta thing) that latches the ragtop assembly to the body when it is shut.
2) The round chrome washer type escutcheon (not sure if this is the right word) that sits under the handle.
Part 1 could be cut from steel and chrome plated (just need one to copy), and part 2 could be spun out of aluminium on a lathe and polished (both of which I will be asking the chrome plater to organise). But I can't copy something I don't have!
So if anyone has a Golde ragtop in pieces, please allow me to borrow the above parts - I have already tried thesamba.com and ebay but no luck thus far.
Cheers
Alan :cry
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