Technical 53 ford custom grills

Looking for some ideas for 53 Ford Mainline custom grill. Any ideas? Show some pictures!

Here is a picture of the car in question.

 

Look through these:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=729340

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=769839

 

Thanks man! Some great looking stuff!

 

<--------I always thought that the '54 Desoto grille (in my '53 Mainline) worked well, but unfortunately they've become quite pricey and hard to find over the years.

 

using a 55 chevy grill protector (landseaandairs old 53) I like the chop

 

One of my favorites...

 

I like the way mine looks but everybody is different. Here is mine.

 

I always wanted to graft a 50 buick grille/ bumper into a 52-54 ford....

 

This is a pic off anther thread showing a 54 Desoto grill in a 53 Ford. I am building a 53 Ford convertible and will be using this setup. It looks great, so I hope the owner of this car does not mind me posting this pic.

 

A kid in high school way back when had one with a 54 Chevy grille in it and I think that was about the best looking one I have seen.

 

....................especially with extra teeth.

 

Here is my 54 with a 58 t bird bumper.


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Nothing else can be added,,this has always been a sweet look! HRP

 

Here is mine. 53 ford bar with 51 52 ford truck teeth. Going to be chromed soon.


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Absolutely, I had a 54 years ago into which I put a 54 Desoto grille, that was the tits.
Second choice would be a 55 Desoto grille.

 

'54 chevy center bar and teeth

 

I'm running a '55 desoto grille in a frenched shell. Stock meteor grills are some of my favorites, and they're bolt-ins. I wanted a chevy grill for the longest time. I'm pretty happy with my desoto grille. I'd rather have a '54 desoto grille to match my olds headlights, but I wasn't thinking when I passed on a '54 desoto grille at the hcpu about six years ago.

 

For a really EZ swap that was popular "back in the day" the '55 Plymouth grille is almost a bolt-in and fits the Fords contours great.Member dragonknucks may have one for sale,check the classifieds.Also the 1955 Ford is a good fit.

 

jwcaddy yours would look good with '55 Ford turn & parking lights to fill the gap.

 

I kind of like the stock grill for 53. 52 & 54 not as much

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i put a 55 plymouth grill in mine

 

I agree I think the '53 grille looked the best, although I don't mind the 52 or 54 grilles either. I've thought about putting a '53 grille in my '54 Mainline. But those desoto grilles look damn good too. Hmmm

 

I just did something simple on my '54 the upper bar and bullet chrome is great the lower bar was faded so I painted it Satin Black and masked off the little spears to give it a "floating" illusion.

 

A fellow club member had this car and I think the grill was out of a mid 50's Dodge .....

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(Taken with my first digital camera - 1/3 MP)

 

This morning on another thread I saw a photo of this car and thought it had a cool looking grill .....

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May be a little hard to find one though because it's a Canadian Ford (Meteor). I can also visualize a shortened one with bullets on the ends in a chopped Merc and think it would look great.

 

Hey Jeff, I have been looking for those all summer and can't find them. A pair on eBay for $250 but I thought it was to much. 55 was the only year ford made those parking lights. Going to CHRR this weekend maybe I can find a pair in Bako.

 

Thanks for all the pictures. I like the 54 Desoto and really digging the 55 Plymouth.

 

Here's mine -

 

Check out Butch's Cool Stuff for more options -

 

I have a 56 Plymouth grille I will be parting with soon.