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I did not see the mounting pionts on the new grill.
1x1/8 flat stock can span the gap between the top of the grill and the pan under the grill.This can be bent/formed very easy.t can then be ether tack welded or even sheet metal screwed in place.

.........Wookee

Love them A100's Like all your custom mods. What was the grill bar from? Have you thought about a one piece front door glass mod? Ive been looking into doing that mod on my 8door A Good luck on your project. Doc Yukon 69 8 door 340ci a518 barn find? (my barn) Does that count?

The one piece front door glass occured to me but I never investigated my options. I'd love to hear what you find out.
I'm on the fence. I smoke, so the smoker window is really handy in the rain. But I do like the clean with one chunk of glass.

The Bar is a remake replacement for the 53-57 corvette grille.

I'll save you the time of looking for dimensions:

1953-57 bars have 13 teeth and are 37-3/4" long.
1958-60 bars have 9 teeth and are 27-1/2" long.

I didnt buy the oval part to go around it because they wanted a $1,000 just for the silly oval. At that price + the bar cost, I could have an original stock desoto grill cleanded up and chromed.

I had planned to do the one piece glass in my early when I was chopping it. I have a buddy that owns a glass shop and he told me there were kits available to do it. I haven't researched it more, but he made it sound like the kits made it very easy to do. Early vans having flat glass it should be easy to get glass made at least.

Neat! I'll need to hook up with the local glass man before he moves to FL (I’ve heard rumors he's threatening to push in the clutch and retire).

I'll have to look into kits or investigate a custom track build. I have a feeling either way it's gonna be a custom job ;-)



Wookee I like your idea with making new brackets all together.

Originally I made a mock up set of "L" brackets that I could weld to the van with a hole to bolt the stock vette grill brackets to that.... (Picked up SS bolts and everything). After bending some more metal I have concluded I don't really care for the stock brackets much. They did serve a purpose though; I ground them down to manipulate the grill placement for the mock up. I definitely want to make my own. Custom fit to the application, clean - no extra bolts, and it solved my issue with the top part too!

Last week (Friday night) I determined I can't drill precision holes with an air drill. I tried and I tried... made a bunch of nice brackets...and then I'd f them up trying to drill a hole Defeated, I stopped while I was ahead and went inside. Saturday I picked up a variable speed floor stand drill press. I have wanted one for a long time and couldnt ever justify spending the money. After reflectign on all the times I could have used one....this was the last draw. Got the thing unloaded and assembled. Putting the head on the shaft was a two man job. I'm gonna test it out tonight and Hopefully make some more brackets.

Got nothing done last night and I dont expect to get anything done tonight :-(

I did find this one piece door glass conversion kit install PDF. The kit costs a small fortune, I might try and make my own. This PDF is the install destructions for a chevy truck conversion. But the concept should remain about the same.

Full One Piece Door Glass Conversion Kit Series II 1967-1972 Chevy Trucks

Yup, to make precise holes, you gotta have a good drill press. I did exactly as you did, a few years ago

That looks like a nice kit, but it's made for that specific truck. Like you said the principle should be the same and I'm sure you can make most of what you would need to do it.

This dude's Blog suggests he's actively doing it:
Jack of all, master of none

You know, looking at that third from the last picture, I don't think it's going to work. With the angle of the rear door frame the glass needs to go down on an angle and it looks like it will hit the front of the door before it goes all the way down.