Coolest grills ever made.....

Ok, so the "coolest looking V8" thread got me thinking about all the different neat things I have fallen in love with in the rod world. What are the coolest grills out there that you would put on a hot rod. Factory made or not...


For me its got to be the 36-37 terraplane

 

although much over-used over the years, i've always loved the 54 Desoto grille....

 

57 Buick...

 

50 Buick, hands down!

 

Weber.

 

Amen Brother!

~Scotch~

 

I like a 32 grill shell. But also have gained a affection or is that infection for 39 ford truck grill. Looks like a catcher's mask

 

A few votes for my favorite kustom grilles. Late 30s Packard or LaSalle. Here's a picture of a '38 LaSalle grille (courtesy of Rikster's Custom Archive--THE BEST Custom website on the planet!) Also, a LaSalle grille in an old Mopar, and a bomb style '36 Packard. E

 

In my biased opinion...

 

33 and 34 Ford. Period.

 

rofl

 

Pines Winter front on a 32 Ford is pretty cool. It looks real industrial.

 

AMEN>>> HOTRODLADY <<<< I agree

 

Some grills look great on some cars, and horrible on others. I'm a big fan of Whippet shells. But my modified will run this sectioned and narrowed '37 truck grill. I LOVE '37 truck shells...

 

Fine...

 

Anything on an early Harry Miller racer

1928 Whippet
1932 Ford
1933 Ford

 

1958 Cadillacs

 

Custom made ones with great big dagmars!

 

What's that Olds one to put on a 46 ford like the old customisers back in the day??

 

#1

 

I wanted to put a '36 Studebaker Dictator grill in my '36 Ford. Never found one.

The chopped, double-ended '34 Pontiac grille in Isky's roadster is very cool.

 

52 - 56 Aussie Dodge grilles look good with indicators removed and replaced with bullets. DeSoto grilles are good looking but overused.

52 - 56 Dodge with indicators removed and replaced with chrome bullets. DeSoto grilles are way overdone.
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Ask and you shall receive

 

59 Pontiac, 36 Pontiac, sorry no photos.

I'm doctoring my A grille with a '61 Rambler American insert - cut in two, and overlapped in the middle. It's not quite long enough, though, I should have started with a pair of them.

59 Imperial and '60 Chrysler New Yorker look pretty good, too (the '60 ended up the '61-2 grille, flipped 180' with different bars). The 56 Olds grille isn't a bad piece either.

Trouble with rating grilles is I may as well just list the cars I like best, in a lot of cases, the grille is usually the first thing you see as a car comes by you, so if I like the car I usually like the grille too.

 

My vote '50 Buick!!!!!Dave

 

58 buick grills are cool in about any custom. never seen one in a hotrod pre 48 era though

 

You got it Denise; prolly my all time favorite in a Olds, Chevy or Ford custom. (And your chrome looks soooooooooooo good)

 

Thanks sweetie! My AWESOME looking chrome is thanks to Steve Tracy at Advanced Plating. Now that I'm older and wiser I can see the difference in the quality from the other shops I have used in the past. I can't imagine ever using anyone else besides Advanced in the future.

A quality prep and chrome job can really make or break the look of a grill. This area is not a place to scrimp on. It's usually the first area of a car that catches someones eye.