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Re: Did some "glassin" Today
c1run1 #558132 April 24th 2012 7:52 pm
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ha ha ha haha

Measured it for some reason and its 46" wide & 12" tall.......now I measure the cut out on grill and its 46"X11".....wtf this grill was in this @ 1 time......cant figure it out.....Lmao
looks to B 1 bar to many....But we will make it work! grin
(just puzzled how it used to fit) crazy


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Re: Did some "glassin" Today
heavy389 #558457 April 25th 2012 8:53 pm
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No work today so I worked on van! yay
Started with Grill,started like this....
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Then for about the 100th time curse(I could do this blindfolded)
Strip front....
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While here I took pc of SS window screen and sprayed witt some flat black and mounted on radiator to catch bugs and junk...
Had more of a curve to old grill than I thought ...
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Had to remove the bottom tube of grill so I had a donor for bending others...
bent it to fit cure of old grill....
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Got a center,then had to take grill all back apart an bend them 1 at a time to this...
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5 down 4 to go....
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Buncha on/off,in/out an ended up with this.. grin
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Re: Did some "glassin" Today
heavy389 #558494 April 25th 2012 10:05 pm
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That looks great Heavy. Any chance of a pic of the back side, mainly the supports and mounting points. Thinking about making one for myself.


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Re: Did some "glassin" Today
heavy389 #558507 April 25th 2012 10:29 pm
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Very Nice!!!!

Re: Did some "glassin" Today
heavy389 #558575 April 26th 2012 4:29 am
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It looks great. Surprising how a simple tube grill can make such an improvement on looks. Can't wait to see it with the cowl you made.


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Re: Did some "glassin" Today
heavy389 #558582 April 26th 2012 5:53 am
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Lookin good!


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Re: Did some "glassin" Today
heavy389 #558599 April 26th 2012 7:47 am
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Looks SOOOO much better!


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Re: Did some "glassin" Today
Superbeast #558602 April 26th 2012 8:02 am
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the grill looks killer bud .


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draggnastro #558624 April 26th 2012 10:01 am
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Originally Posted by draggnastro
That looks great Heavy. Any chance of a pic of the back side, mainly the supports and mounting points. Thinking about making one for myself.


Attachment is not to much of a PIA,the tops just folded over and self tapper tru rad support in to brackets,bottom is little tuffer,its like the cut out grill has to be mounted then get tube grill in place,then take old grill frame off,mount tube grill then put old grill frame on,over tube grill.... grin sorry its in now,an didnt get any mountin pics lol


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