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| | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 89 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2006 Posts: 89 | I have a 1947 3/4 ton that I am piecing back together..... My grill is rusted through in a few places, and bent up in a couple dozen more. Has anyone built their own custom grill? I can't afford to get a new one! | | | | | Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 916 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 916 | I need one too, but have read that the new chrome ones rust quickly. I like your idea of a custom grill..
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1950 Chevrolet 3600 3/4-ton with 261 engine & T5 Transmission
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 | Has anyone built their own custom grill? Tubular grills used to be popular. A vendor on Ebay has 36" lengths of 3/4" stainless steel tubing for $10.00 apiece. With a little bracketing and polishing, I think I could make a pretty presentable grill assembly from that stuff. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 | I was thinking along the lines of CNC machined 1/16th or 1/8th flat stock stainless steel. Cut the leading edges to duplicate the shape of the stock bars. Use 3 pieces for each bar. It would be expensive, but it would look cool.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | I was thinking along the lines of CNC machined 1/16th or 1/8th flat stock stainless steel. Cut the leading edges to duplicate the shape of the stock bars. Use 3 pieces for each bar. It would be expensive, but it would look cool. I like that idea but I dare say it would be heavy too,i've seen some custom fender spears done like that in aluminium for a 3D effect (and yes that's how we spell it here) It's not aloominum... 
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 | You hang in there Jock. Before long you will get the hang of our language. 
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 | "America and the United Kingdom- - - - - -very similar people separated by a common language!"
Don't remember who said it, but it's pretty accurate!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,518 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,518 |
1953 Chevrolet 3100261 cu inch, sm420, 3.55 rear, torque tube still,omaha orange, still 6 volt, RPO green glass, side carrier spare, all done In the DITY GalleryVideo of the 261 running1964 GMC 1000305 Big Block V6, sm420, the next cab off restoration
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