Let's see those Original Chevy/GMC truck grilles you restored

[sduckworth13]

Originally Posted by Tom Vogel

GMC grills are mild steel, not aluminum like Chevys. They are chromed, not anodized.
It looks like you have a nice original grill. Keep it and get it rechromed when you can afford it. It wont be cheap, but it will be worth it. It will fit SO much better than a repop, You can so trust me on that.

Great info, thanks Tom.

[Lees68GMC]

I've done both a 67 GMC and most recently a 68 GMC and i'd swear they are stainless steel. they look the same on both the inside and the outside all over, and the black paint is easily removed with like OO steel wool, some elbow grease with no damage to the finish. Polishing by hand is also easy (my opinion) I personally wouldn't use chemicals if I could avoid it. IF they are in fact mild steel with a chrome job over (inside & out) it's a crummy job with little to no surface prep underneath.

The red truck is my 67 GMC before and the orange truck is the same truck after. The blue truck is my 68 GMC I drive today, although I Still have to clean polish and paint the grill on it.

[sduckworth13]

Lee, the red GMC grill looks perfect, it turned out great.

I'm real glad everyone is posting their grilles and how to's. I actually seen a " how to restore a aluminum grille " write-up and the author borrowed a grille that is from this forum as a example picture.

[~Whitey~]

Lot's of great info here.. great thread Scott. I'll be adding my experience with the art of grille restoration soon.

[sduckworth13]

Great, thanks Jimmy.