53 grill surround. Anyone put one on a another car?

Looking to get some pics or input on putting a 53 grill surround on my 49 chev. Any pointers?

thanks.

 

THere have been shitloads done.I could fill the page up just naming them. In one of Curt Sixs threads on the kkoa show in Gettysburg yuo can see my good friend Carl Statons wicked 52 with a 53 shell.

 

I've seen them used before and they look really nice done right..

If you need one, i got one
No chrome left on it, so it'll be perfect for blasting and welding in..

Or i do have a set of the side's in chrome, but even they need to be redone to be 'perfect'...

 

Thanks. I got one already from forsaken. Just at that point were I'm wondering where to cut! I've seen this application before on a few mercs and shoeboxes...The 49 opening is about 8 inches smaller. So I figure I'm going to cut out of the middle of the top and bottom piece to fit it in. I don't think mig is the way to go on this; should I braze it in? Any help?
thanks

 

I wouldn't braze it. I'd tig weld it.

It's pretty thin metal, and i think you'd have more heat control with the tig, plus it will give you a nice clean flat weld..

I did actually mig some hand formed pieces on the outside panels of my 53 surround before i sent it out for chrome. Didn't work too bad, BUT i did have some distortion i had to work out once i was done....

 

Here is one I done a few years ago.

 

Ron, Thats the shit man. I was even thinking about a vette grill. Don't really have access to a tig. Did you have to cut the top and bottom piece down?

 

heres mine, a much modified 53 opening......

 

I used a mig, I did not cut down the top or bottom. I cut away the ribbed areas, had to v cut the spears to bend them around the fenders, make panels the replace the ribbed areas, and reshape the front of the hood.