71 cuda rear tag holder plate finish

[Moparmade]

What would be the correct finish, plateing
Would be for the rear tag holder and the hinge and pin and spring for the assembly be any advice would help
Thanks

[Mr Cuda]

Tag holder, I  take it you mean license plate  .
A semi  rough galvanize.   Hard to do at home.

[Moparmade]

You got it sir how about the other pieces ?

[Mr Cuda]

I think the pin is plastic (white), and the mount tab is the same as the plate. Spring was raw.
You may be able to swap a b body  plate mount on to a ebody bolt on tab.
When gathering up all my license plate holders,  I thought I had around 20, until I realized e is different than A,B,and C. It's easier to find a good condition galvanize plating on non e parts.
I'll have to go look if they can interchange parts.

[Moparmade]

I can get the individual pieces replated if
I know what plateing finish the parts had

[Mr Cuda]

One of the nicest that I  have with flash and without. That one has a metal pin.

[Moparmade]

The one I have has a metal pin and spring clip retainer

[6bblgt]

the pin is steel (they often break, plastic wouldn't have a chance)

the finish is "big flake" (SPANGLE) zinc plated coated steel - decades ago lead impurities cause the spangle, a modern process substitutes antimony to recreate the spangle

[Moparmade]

So hot dip galvanized is not the way to go the website say there is a big speckal finish is done through a process

[6bblgt]

hot-dip galvanized is a zinc coating process (maybe plating isn't correct) - does "plating" imply electrically?

[anlauto]

The new reproductions are actually pretty nice 

[Moparmade]

May have to look into repo
But seeing if I can get my original parts redone
And seeing what kinda of result I can accomplish

[anlauto]

These parts were formed from galvanized metal, they were not formed then dipped, so it's a very hard process to try and duplicate doing it with an original part in the opposite order

[Moparmade]

So this part was stamped out from already treated pices of metal

[anlauto]

So this part was stamped out from already treated pices of metal

Correct ! Same with the headlight pots, and various other galvanized parts. 40 years ago I worked in a plant that made buildings and stuff, they had rolls of steel that looked just like that finish.