Restored Doorsills!

RL Chilton
RL Chilton Administrator, Member
edited November -1 in HUDSON

"Before & After" type of shot of a restored door sill. Not having seen a truly pristine doorsill from a Step-Down, I assume these originally had a brushed finish. So, that was my goal, with the doorsill on the top. A larger picture can be viewed here:

http://52hornetvert.blogspot.com/

This was accomplished by straightening, de-denting, filing, sanding straight down the length of the sill, re-painting and touching up where necessary and completing with a couple coats of lacquer.

Comments or suggestions always welcome!

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Those look great....I will be sending you 16 to do :silly:
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Sean-

    Send 'em to me. Would be happy to do them. Let's e-mail for the particulars, if interested.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Sounds good. How are you on door sills for a 54 they are different. No paint but textured....

    There are things I just do not like doing. This is one of them.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Haven't done a '54. Send me a picture if possible.
  • onerare39
    onerare39 Expert Adviser, Member
    Nice job Russell, they look factory fresh.
  • bent metal
    bent metal Senior Contributor
    Those look perfect! I hope your still doing them when I get around to that stuff on my coupe. :)
  • hudsonsplasher1
    hudsonsplasher1 Senior Contributor
    Great Job.
    Gene Birdsall
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Russell, Really nice work. I wish you could supply these to everybody who needs them. lol. Nice work.
  • DocHornet
    DocHornet Expert Adviser
    Beautiful job. Any hints for the rest of us on how you applied the black paint?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Just a question. Does anyone know if anybody is reproducing pre-stepdown sill plates?? Mine are shot for my 47 club coupe. I had a company reproduce the shape of them for me,but not with the pattern and Hudson name.
    Thanks,
    Chuck
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Yes indeed there is a company that reproduces them. They do beautiful work and accurate on details as well. Last time I checked they were about a year out on their orders . They did(do?) sell through distributors and I believe one of them was K-Gap.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Great job as always, Russell.
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