What did I find?

throw it in the trash! I'll be over to go thru it tonite about 3 in the morning.!!!

 

You know what would make me happy? Hang the thing on your friggin wall....it was your dads and has been in your family longer than most folks could claim...dont let people tell you what to do with your stuff...there is a weird strain of people out there that think if you "find" something..somehow they (or we on this board) are entitled to it somehow...and at a cheap price to boot...I just dont get it. If we go by that posters' logic...you cant have ANYTHING on your wall or on display, simply because someone else can use it. No cool art, ashtrays, furniture, anything....Bizarre!

 

So....how exactly does an ashtray work on a wall?

 

Gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thread

 

...says the guy who can't even correctly spell the words "anyone" or "greasy" in his signature.

 

STUPID is as STUPID does.
your grille do what ya want .
"AND THE BOWTIE ROLLS ON"

 

I have a perfect 63 Galaxie grill for a curtain valance in my kitchen, and a 56 Buick Special trunk emblem right below it. Is that stupid or what? I also have a line of grills leaning against my house, 37 Ford truck, a couple 34 Ford truck, 27 Dodge and some tractor grills. All kinds of stupid.
I think your grill is great wall art. Nice find.

 

I've never understood the way guys rip each other apart on here just for posting something. The guy found something that he was not familiar with, all we as a mass had to do was answer it's a 40 Ford Deluxe grill. But some had to rip into him, and then more ripped into him because he defended himself. Shame

 

IMHO your IH grill in your avatar is one of the best looking grills ever produced!

 

The way I read it was Screwball made a joke and the grill owner ripped into him. I also got the feeling the the grill owner knows exactly what he has and is teasing you guys. Sort of like a guy with a bone waving it in front of a salivating dog.

 

Judging by this line in his sale post I'd say you are probably right.

 

Well...y'all are both wrong. I really don't think that a '40 Ford grille is all that and a bag of chips. It's evidently not worth $350 or I'd have gotten a sale by now. If I were to wave something in front of you salivating dogs, it'd be something a heck of a lot cooler than this, and worth a whole lot more than this.

I had no clue what the heck it was, other than an old, straight grille. As I stated early on, I guessed late 30's by the shape of it, and looked at all makes from '37-'39 on Google, not finding what I was looking for. At that time I figured it was something from Grandad's wrecking yard that somehow made it this long...not something dad had squirreled away for 50 years...so I didn't ask him about it. I posted the pic on here...got the answer...went to dad and asked him if he knew why we had a Ford grille...He told me the story...I shared it here in the sale ad. There's your timeline.

The way I read it was that screwball came onto a thread where I had simply asked what an item was, and he proceeds to tell me how stupid it is that I may hang something that I own on my own friggin' wall instead of selling it to someone to hang on the front of a car. I defended my position, clarifying that as the owner of the item, I feel as though I have the right to do whatever I dang well please with it. If somehow that makes me the one who's "ripping into" someone else, then I guess I'll plead guilty. Case closed. Y'all chased the troll right outta me. Woohoo!

Whatever...purpose of thread accomplished. OP knows what his hunk-o-steel was originally intended to be used for. Thanks to those who helped solve the mystery!

 

A bit late but this was/is a good find - somewhere I remember hearing that Drake's mold broke for one of the 3 pieces on this grille and production was halted until another could be tooled. Don't know if that was true then or is still true now. All I know is, someone has got to hold onto some parts sometime for others to find it, right? On a wall or in a pile of parts, it will be "found", sold, or used/saved for a project at some point (don't we all do that?), tomorrow or 10 years from now.

Now, if it were a 40 Standard, I'd have been all over it (as well as a couple thousand other guys!!) - keep your Dad poking around and finding stuff - since I live in Williamsburg you're not too far to "run" to for anything that pops up that I might need!!

 

That's funny...Dad said he bought it to put into his Standard, but never got around to it. Wish he had, now.

 

I'll give ya 50 bucks for it , i need some kool wall art.
"AND THE BOWTIE ROLLS ON"

 

I couldn't possibly let it go THAT cheap to someone who's going to destroy a piece of history by not installing it on the correct vehicle for which it was designed...
hehehe