I'll post a pic of my Oliver tractor grill tonight. I used it because of the looks and that is also my last name.
I've got lots of tractor grills. They're all on TRACTORS.....where they belong. Obviously, I'm not a fan.
This board will probaly not yeild you the greatest results with questions like this one since it is not traditional to use tractor parts on a hot rod. Try killbillet or ratrodsrule, also great sites. There is a lot of great info and great people on this board but those other sites will have more results for you on those types of mods. With that said I will post the one shot I have of said grill style that I shot at the Pumpkin run in Owensville Ohio this year. Good luck on your quest!
Somewhere, there is a Farmall longing for it's missing grill shell......... Using tractor parts on cars and vice versa is VERY traditional. That's a VERY generalized and ***holish statement being made. I have used PLENTY of TRACTOR PARTS on my 55 Pontiac, obviously no sheet metal of course. HOWEVER, if I wanted to drive something that looked like a FARMALL, I'd drive a FARMALL..............and not some squished hotrod with an iden***y crisis. Being a Red Iron girl, seeing a shell like that on ANY hotrod really chaps my ***.
I have seen tractor headlights on a 29 roadster that had been siting in barn since the late 40's. I think back in the day they had enough good sense to understand that a tractor grill looks positively stupid on anything but a tractor.
Here are some pictures in this post. lots of things from roadsters to tractors to grills. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79655&highlight=tractor&page=4 the search function is the key to a happy hamb.
Hmmmnnn, since when did what someone else likes have to be what we all like, especially on the HAMB? Hell, I have a tractor that thinks it's a hot rod......................................... 'fer Chrissakes, leave that ******** where it belongs, Rod Nazi's! It's all about FREEDOM!
It's all about learning to shut you trap and speak only when spoken to. M*** opinions are what create fads. Fads, willing to admit it or not, deem the outcome of EVERYTHING in life. Think of it like ***, enough people dig it and it will sell.
I think if you look hard enough, you'll find one that will work and not be an eyesore. It's not going to be easy, but it's at least worth a try. Good luck.
Here is a couple of kool tricks you might want to use. Buy a hibachi grill, the round one. Take it apart and lag bolt each half to the floorboard. One for the driver and one for the p***enger. Next, arc weld tractor seats to them and you have an "instant" interior. Rag joints and steering universal joint from old M***ey Fergusons also work well. ( sorry, I couldn't resist)
"Here is a couple of kool tricks you might want to use. Buy a hibachi grill, the round one. Take it apart and lag bolt each half to the floorboard. One for the driver and one for the p***enger. Next, arc weld tractor seats to them and you have an "instant" interior. Rag joints and steering universal joint from old M***ey Fergusons also work well. ( sorry, I couldn't resist)" sounds like your an expert.
Yargh! Depending on the grille, I think it works. Not everyone has the dough to buy a Deuce grille shell-be it real( you can build a decent engine at that price) or fibreglas(what piss of the kewl rockasilly purists?), and sometimes an a grille is not it. Tractor grilles, are streamlined and have that flow. I like 'em.
Being a Red Iron girl, seeing a shell like that on ANY hotrod really chaps my ***.[/quote] Can we ***ume then that 's going to be a LOT of chapping? Frank
Putting a tractor grill on an old car is just plain ****ed. What the hell is wrong with people? To stand around a car with a 10 inch chop and look at the tractor grill is something I don't understand. If you people like this **** you are ****oloids. I am so pissed off I may take up ballet......If you can't tell ,rat rods piss me off.
Can we ***ume then that 's going to be a LOT of chapping? Frank[/quote] You should see how big some of that red iron gets.
Tractor Grille = Rat Rod Rat Rod = Find another forum...... keep this **** off the HAMB Nobody building traditional hot rods is stupid enough to put a tractor grille on.....don't be lazy..... find the right grille.
Not to roll a grenade or anything, but were tractor grilles used on cars back in the era HAMBers now celebrate by building as if their cars were hot-rodded during that era? When was it first done? Just curious.
Here's how mine is at the current time. Should be finishing up on it (grill) later next week. Basically a full roller at this time.
I think if you take a tractor grille and use parts of it to make a track nose, that's cool. But putting one on "as is" is more of a RAT ROD thing... And RAT RODS and TRADITIONAL HOT RODS coexist here on the HAMB... like it or not. My un-politically correct response is... "Leave the tractor grilles on the tractors"... as the look stupid as **** on a hot rod. Sam.
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