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Show quality '57 grill. Pics
Took me 4 or 5 years to get to this point. this is an original chevrolet grill from 57. first time i had it rechromed the ******* didnt take a very small nick out of one of the corner peices and another very small ding out of the center hoop. just rechromed it and sent it back to me
![]() Few years later, and another chrome guy had my parts. took me nearly another year to get them back. Well here she is, one beautiful perfect grill
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
Few more. could have pop-riveted it all together if i would have had a few bigger rivets. had to bolt a few peices on with machine screws. Had it all back in one peice in about 15 minutes
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
Man that came out nice. Can I borrow it
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
Yessir it sure did, i think it looks awesome. No you cant borrow it... for the right price id sell it to you
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
Looks alot better than the one your dad showed me the day I was down.
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
oh ya, did he show part of the peices?
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
He showed me the ones that were on a bench behind you grandpa's truck.
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
Very nice.
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
What a timely topic. I am getting ready to send mine out to get done.
How much did it cost you and where did you get it done?
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
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Friend of a car guy friend. some place in oklahoma i believe.
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
Had a friend that builds street rods for a living send the 3 pieces off that I needed to put the grill back together. One end piece, and the inter and outer center pieces. No dents at all, and that was 350 bucks. I had payed $400 buck 5 years ago to have a almost perfect grill chromed and it came back with the same two little dings that it had when I sent it. And he forgot to do the inter center piece. Called the guy up and He said O, I don't take out dents, I just chrome what you send me.... Well I sent it back to him to fix it, never to be seen or herd from agian. So I had a $400 pile of shiney parts. I had a perfect painted grill in my truck, but I wanted a chrome one. I found a rechromed OEM on ebay (this is before they started repoping them) that had never been put back together from being rechromed, so I got it for $400, put it together and all was good for awhile. The chrome is alittle thin in the corners and you have to keep waxing it to keep it from rusting. So I took my good painted grill apart and sent the pieces that I needed to put my first grill back together with. AND 5 years and a ton of money, I am finely happy with my grill.
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
Wow! It looks great. Hope to have mine done someday!
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Re: Show quality '57 grill. Pics
You're not actually gonna put that on a truck now are you? Way too nice, what with rocks, rain, mud, dust. Nope, better keep it in the house.
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