Yeah I have a few dents to bang out still.
I never thought of checking with a repair shop to strip and replate. I suspect there is one in the city somewhere and this would be a cheap job, although I hope it isn't "too small" of a job.
I've never done it with a gas pump - yet - as I'm doing my very first one now, but I did a complete redo of a very nice wood burning kitchen stove and I had all of the brightwork stripped and nickel plated and there was quite a bit of it. It was what I considered quite affordable - and money was pretty dear at the time.
