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Old 03-24-2011, 02:29 PM   #1
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i couldn't come to terms of spending 300 plus on a new oem grille.

so, i did the next best thing. refurbished my original, cracked, faded, and ugly stock grille.

before (sorry no close up). you can see the missing "teeth", the whole upper left section was broken off, and the lame faded emblem was hideous:





i had a repro one that i was happy to hack up and frankenstein into the original:



you can see the new pieces that are silver:



put back together and ready for paint:



fresh outta the spray bomb booth:





with the new emblem:







still working on the front end a bit, so i don't have any of it back on the truck. yet...
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Old 03-24-2011, 02:53 PM   #2
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Looks awesome!
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Old 03-24-2011, 03:18 PM   #3
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That came out nice! Great work.
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Old 03-24-2011, 03:50 PM   #4
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Old 03-24-2011, 05:17 PM   #5
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looks jsut as nice as an NOS one! great job!
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Old 03-24-2011, 05:20 PM   #6
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Old 03-24-2011, 05:47 PM   #7
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What kind of paint you use?
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Old 03-24-2011, 08:12 PM   #8
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i tried two different duplicolor. the final one was BHA0992 Billet Silver Metallic, with their clear coat.
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Old 03-24-2011, 09:34 PM   #9
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Hey..... I got one of those !!! Where'd ya buy your's ?

That turned out Sweeet.
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Old 03-24-2011, 10:27 PM   #10
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looks real nice.....gotta fix my "teeth" soon too great idea
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Old 03-25-2011, 11:47 AM   #11
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thanks guys!!

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Hey..... I got one of those !!! Where'd ya buy your's ?

That turned out Sweeet.
i just have a little storage room with an exhaust fan setup. works decent.
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Nice work man! Always good to save a buck - especially when you still get great results like that!!!
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Old 04-18-2011, 09:55 PM   #13
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Backyard basics. Thats awesome...
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B-E-A-Utiful!
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Old 04-18-2011, 10:37 PM   #15
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Sweet that looks great good job!
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Old 04-18-2011, 11:28 PM   #16
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no better than that , As a previous post said ,great backyard basics !
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Old 04-18-2011, 11:55 PM   #17
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Looks great!

One question, Did you destroy the sheet metal bowties when you peeled it off? I bought one of those NOS grilles, And I'd like the upgraded bowtie like you have, but I don't want to destroy my mint stamped bow-tie.... I'd probably sell it to somebody If I could get it off without damaging it. The only reason it's still there is I can't bring myself to tear it up while it still looks new... And it's the first one I can remember seeing that was still yellow in the middle...

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Old 04-19-2011, 12:37 AM   #18
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nerphin do you have anymore pics of your truck, looks exactly like my 78 camer special that I sold a year ago.
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nerphin do you have anymore pics of your truck, looks exactly like my 78 camer special that I sold a year ago.

I thought it was your truck when I first saw it... It's a nice looking truck.
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Old 04-19-2011, 10:26 AM   #20
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I thought it was your truck when I first saw it... It's a nice looking truck.
Yeah I thought the same thing, but i know my old yeller is still lurking around Phoenix streets.
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Old 04-19-2011, 12:10 PM   #22
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nerphin do you have anymore pics of your truck, looks exactly like my 78 camer special that I sold a year ago.
These are the only decent pics I have from last summer when I got it. I'll have a few new ones pretty soon.

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Looks great!

One question, Did you destroy the sheet metal bowties when you peeled it off?
It peeled off pretty easy. I think it was due to the glue behind being just as worn as the colour of the bowtie. I'll take a pic of the old one.
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Old 05-09-2011, 01:45 PM   #23
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Here is the finished grille back on the truck:





And for 78 Chevyrado, here is a pic of the bowtie that came off. The glue was just as baked as the colour of it, so it wasn't very hard to remove.

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grill looks awesome,and nice lookin truck tooo!
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Old 05-09-2011, 11:11 PM   #25
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