CHRYSLER FAMILY CARS69-73
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Hi. I want to find out how to find and replace vinyl trim molding on a 1971 Chrysler 300. Do you know anyone? Thank you for your time.
I may have some of the vinyl insert that I could peel off my dented moldings and sell. It should be the same brown color.
I will try to remember to take a look over the weekend.
Jeff
No one reproduces those trim insert moldings.
I had to make my own using ribbed vinyl floor mats made in rolls so the vinyl insert would be long enough without breaks down the molding. In my case, I used black ribbed vinyl and painted the entire cut strips white and then took a folded cloth and wiped the paint off the upper part of the moldings, leaving the lower part white down in the ribs (the cloth was dampened with acetone). Then I glued the ribbed moldings to the metal trim with a two part epoxy made by JB Weld.
If you can find some brown ribbed vinyl floor mats in rolls, or maybe a company might make a roll in that color as special order, then you could do the same thing by painting cut strip lengths in black and rubbing off the top portion to reveal the brown again.
I used that technique on this car that I sold recently to Austria.
1971 Evening Blue Metallic Chrysler 300
Here are some photos of moldings on that car and another one I sold more recently. It was very hard to tell the difference between the moldings on these cars vs original ones. I used vinyl spray paint so it would adhere best. I keep my cars in a garage and don't drive them in poor weather.
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Most of the 71 300s by now have lost most all of their moldings as the factory adhesive was not up to the job. Since I probably have the world's most 71 300s in one place, I had to come up with something! A bit crazy after all these years.