Hot Rods 31 buick 3w coupe

checked out dropping the bumper but the frame rails would show. i think the bumper is staying where it is. may just paint the tank black.

 

had a little time this evening and decided to make the grill insert. i bought this s.s. mesh at the flea market for $20 last year to use for this. i just did not want to put it in flat and i didn't want to see through it. so i stuck it in the brake.

 

lined the first bend up with a wire, bend 90 degrees. pull it out of the brake, flip it over, push it in till it stops, check that it is straight, bend 90 degrees, repeat,

 

and repeat until i turned four feet of mesh into two feet of grill insert.

 

i then bent a piece of s.s. sheet to be used for a center strip.

 

i wanted a "factory" look and i think this should work. it should let enough air in and block the view of the radiator.

 

That looks real nice, bet it took a few hours to get things aligned. Bob

 

thanks! took me four rows of struggling before i thought to use a piece of angle iron to hold it against the brake even.

 

Cool!

 

i made a card board template, then zip tied it to the mesh. then cut it to size.
do your wrist hurt?

 

fit it into the shell and ran the bolts through to hold it in. i cut a fit the center trim.

 

I like that!^

 

this will work.

 

thanks, not bad for around $20.

 

Make some quick detach clips so you can use it as a grill. Bob

 

Luv the grill fabrication and the car. Nice to see a Buick too. I remember my GS the RA 350 had 330 hp stock and boy the car moved. Great job. If I didn't have my 2 projects I'd consider buying it.

 

thanks. i am enjoying this project.

 

Nice work on the grille insert Ted. Cheaper than going though a chrome shop

 

yeah, but the looks don't compare.
this is what it is supposed to look like.

 

Ask Mark for one of those Pines Winter Fronts, you could cut one to fit. Bob

 

What is the height and width of your shell? I may have a "pines" that could be made to fit.

 

Have one for a 32 Ford?

 

found another set lancer hub caps.

 

Another 3 window with Lancers Lookin Good

 

I wish! I think it's for a '34-5 Chev. Dan Webb gave it to me a few yrs. ago and I probably won't use it. Give a few measurements Ted.

 

cool will do.

 

wanted to bend up the running boards tonight.
long work week, any body remember how i made the sample?
it seamed real easy the other day. try again in the morning.

 

I think they are all too short! Just what you need after a hard week is a ball buster

 

finally remembered to get the measurements, 18" wide at the top, 20" wide at the bottom, and 25 inches tall. all these are measured to the out side edge of the bead around the opening. + or -.