also, think about it this way:

whatever is unique about your falcon will blend right in once painted. It just becomes another painted or powdercoated frame, not so different from any other frame with similar geometry and lugging. full chrome is very unique.

seems the bath is for preserving your old chrome. if you bring it to the chromer, probably no need to do any prep work yourself. in that case, I'm guessing you could bondo the holes drilled in the fork, or even have them fill it with braze, and then chrome over it.

I know for sure bondo would work under paint. Not sure how it would react with chrome. Anyone know the answer to that?