BBT Fabrications Builds a 1959 Chevy Impala, Stainless Trim

Part 3: It’s All About Stainless Trim

RON COVELL

The 1959 Impala built by BBT Fabrications is exceptional in many ways. Some of the most sensitive work was perfecting the fit and finish of the car’s dozens of pieces of stainless trim. If you have ever worked with stainless trim, you can appreciate the difficulty of this task. Most trim is only about 0.025-inch thick, and thin stainless distorts a lot when it’s heated. The work done on the trim is a real testament to the crew’s talent at BBT, and we all can learn something from examining the steps they took to perfect the trim on this car. A decision was made to angle the joint at the rear of the doors to help mask the gap. The door trim needed to be extended, and an extra piece…

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