70/71 Ghia Rear Taillight Resto

Here's a couple of pics showing the treatment of these bulbholders.

The holders themselves ususally are not in too bad shape and can be polished or if going for a really nice finish, can be disassembled carefully and rechromed. The touchy part is the top bulb reflector.

These are held in place by three integral pins that are peened over on thru-holes at the corners of the pieces (first pic):

The metal here is really thin. I tried to have them powdercoated. Some places will do what's called chrome powdercoating and while gives a high reflectivity it's tricky and takes good quality control. In my case I just had Paul's chrome re-do these and of course they do excellent work. I drilled out the pins on the holder and used SS rivets to re-attached the piece as shown:


Then I just cleaned it all up, installed new rope seal and body rubber and installed them:

Brakes

A few pics of the brakes. Disc brake kit (EMPI) in the rear, rebuilt and powdercoated the front brake calipers, SS brake lines.