Is there a functional purpose of the grill and header panel being two separate pieces? I am wanting to make some alterations to the two and think my goal will be easier met if they are permanently attached to each other. Thoughts?
They were two piece to facilitate quick assembly on the line.
Ok, so I can combine the two pieces with no potential access issues. Awesome!
Other than realizing that now if there's a small ouchie to the grille area, that you'll be removing/repairing/replacing the whole magilla. I've got a 74 and am interested in where you're going with this. Please keep us up to date with photos! Good luck :cheers:
Once I get the courage to start I will definitely document it!
I've got an idea of changes I may execute to mine, but they will lead to removal of the original grill.
I purchased some honeycomb material that I am going to replace the original grill with, at least that's the idea at the moment.
Post some sketches or renderings on what you have in mind. I am ok wit h the factory design but open to mods.
QuoteI purchased some honeycomb material that I am going to replace the original grill with, at least that's the idea at the moment.
Cut out the original horizontal pieces in the grill but leave the vertical pieces there. That will give you something to hold the honeycomb material. You could even slightly notch the honeycomb around the vertical pieces on the back side. That would let you inset the honeycomb more. I think that would be a really nice mod to the factory grill. It would still look like a 72+ but with a more modern look.
My anodized trim piece is old and pitted, not shiny anymore. I had been thinking to take it out to sand down to smooth it out. finish painting it flat black.
First I would like to trim the protruding portion of the header back back to the black sharpie line. Cut it, and glass it back. Then, some how permanently attach the grill section to the header panel, and replace the horizontal grill portion with the honeycomb material you see in the photo.
Ok, started this morning. The general idea is to recess the "nose"
portion of the header panel. You can see in the photos where I cut.
Taped into place.
Couple more angles
Injection molded plastic grill and chopped fiberglass header panel. Sometimes things that look good at the car show are not practical on the street ( real world things can happen, like hitting something) Will be hard to fix center grill if it is part of the whole header panel.
This is a cool ides, will definitely have people taking a second look... :clapping:
Quote from: MoparLeo on November 02, 2020, 05:58:04 PM
Injection molded plastic grill and chopped fiberglass header panel. Sometimes things that look good at the car show are not practical on the street ( real world things can happen, like hitting something)
Good thing I still have a stock header panel and grill haha
That is going to look cool!
I love mods like this, you know something is different but you are not sure what it is.
Keep the pics coming.
Jason
I'm really excited about it so far. I still need to work out how to incorporate the hexagon mesh. The stock grill insert leaves about a 1" gap between it and the header panel, and I want to close that up as much as possible.
Ok, finally made some progress on this. I included a stock header panel so you can see how much is cut out. Still mimics the stock appearance, just less extreme. Still a long way to go.
Header panel is done, still working out how to do the grill. I'm thinking of using the original and sectioning a piece in the set the grill back further into the header panel.
I can't wait to see how it looks.
Terry W.
VERY rough mach-up
Interesting.
Terry W.