Pic request 46-48 Ford Grill ideas

Looking for some ideas guys, I have to orig grills, one badly rusted,and one all bent to rat****, any of you guys have any home made ones? There is not too much in the way of old car junkyards around here so its not likely I will find anything to use that way...sure makes me wish I still had the mint 50 Plymouth grill I sold befor I found this car...dohhh!

 

Maybe this photo of the famous Clarkaiser "Arctic Sands" will help you think outside the box. They used a '48 Ford pickup grille shell fitted with headlights and a grille made from '53 ford pieces. You could french your own shell from exhaust tubing, and make your own grille.

 

This is temporary, but I cut the bars off and the grill bar is the front bumper off a '65 Corvair... the fiber gl*** chin is from Fairlane. the pieced together trim is already off... yech.


The plan is to slice and dice the top grill bar to fit the '42 hood, and maybe lose one bar space them out so there is only 2, still playing around with it... It's also going to get 60 Lark headlight rings.

 

1947 oldsmobile grill would look great

 

I have seen 50-52 plymouth in them and look good

 

I've got a 49 Plymouth grille & bumper on my 46 ford coupe. Here is a picture so you have an idea what was involved. Len (ChopShop) did all the metalwork.




Here is a thread from last summer on the same subject:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=289327

 

Heres mine, 1948 Cadillac grill.

 

Here's one...might take some work tho...

R-

 

That almost looks like an upside down 61 Chrysler shell with a tube insert...I have a buddy who has one of those!

 

Pretty hard to beat an early Cad grill I would kill for one of those hahaha, but the likelyhood of finding one around here is pretty slim. How is the build coming along Chad, I have been following it for a long time before I found the 47 moredoor that I am trying to piece together.

 

Had one of those a few years ago too! Gave it to a buddy building a 48 Chevy

 

The Corvair bumper doesnt look to bad, nice and simple, the main reason I am looking for ideas is because of how bad my two grills are, its probably alot more work to try and salvage one from the two than to come up wit something new....

 

Here was a simple approach used on the wifes 48 grill. Keeping it simple on the rear is frenched mercury cougar third lights for stop and signal-Worked for us.

 

My oh my.....

 

I thought this thread was done already and I posted on it. Deja Vu maybe? Anyway, heres a '50 Plym in a '47.

 

What...? Isn't that what you wanted to do with yours Chad?

 

Nice start you got going there Chad. Like the grill but around here would be impossible to locate. I would like to see it when you finish it. Should look killer!

 

I did, but I couldn't find any extra 46-48 ford grills to make use of, so I used the 48 cadillac grill I found in a dumpster!

 

Nothing is impossible to locate. They are just as rare here in Maryland as anywhere else. There are parts on my car that I searched for months for, with tons of phone calls, emails, referrals, etc. Its all about how dedicated you are to finding the exact part you want.

 

Too funny - that is the same reason I ended up using the Plymouth grille. The Ford grille I had was swiss chesse and I couldn't find a replacement. I bought the Plymouth grille for $65 on eBay.

 

How the hell did you find a 48 Cad grill in a dumpster!

 

Olds school.

 

Hi mines a 49 or 50 Buick not sure the year. The HAMBer I bought it from said 49 I've been told it's a 50. Was not hard to make work just a little different.

 

Here's mine...50 Plymouth Grille

 

At least you were able to call your local Mercury dealer and get the same Cougar tailights. They look great in there!

 

Deffinately my fav, my old man has a 47 ford that was a club coupe and now is (will be) a carson top vert, and he wants a cadi grille but i keep saying olds, so well see what happens!

JEFF

 

I agre with Jeff, the Olds has got to be one of the best looking to swap in. I am really beginning to like the Plymouth ones I have seen too.

 

also a 46 chevy grill would look nice

 

Damn I had one of those too but gave it to the kid that bought my 48 Chevy

 

That looks nice! is it stainless or cast?