She sat on the back-burner for a while. Some bit of that was deciding whether to chrome the whole thing, which was the first idea. No, I'll just make it like it was originally - just chrome the ends. But it's going to the plater, and I love chrome, why not chrome the whole thing? No, original. I'll just do the ends and paint it Nassau blue (my favorite color - a Corvette color of my childhood). That's what I want, right? That matches my car. It'll be perfect.



Off to the plater after much preparation. A month goes by. She's about to go through plating. "So you wanted just the ends plated, right?" "... I think I want the whole thing chrome. That's easy, right? I'm already doing it. Let's do the whole thing." Another month, still no chrome done. I go back and forth two more times between full and not. I end at fully chrome, obviously. Chrome and decals, then clearcoat - it'll look great.





The decals looked horrendous. I couldn't even stand looking at the frame. It's my fault though. Not the paint. Not the process. Just me. I did a bad job researching and applying them. I made this great thing look awful. Ugh. Why didn't I think about this more? Flush $50 down the drain? Sure, it won't be the last time, nor the first. I remove them. Now what?