Hemi lightweight grill

[Steve009]

anybody know a shop that has the know how to make hemi lightweight grills for 64/65 Plymouths/dodges? I'm not in a hurry or anything but I just want to know if someone out there does this?

 

[khryslerkid]

Maybe 5.7 hemi

 

[early2drsedan]

65 plymouth uses a stock grill

 

[Steve009]

Maybe 5.7 hemi

Is that a shop somewhere in the US? What city?

 

[Fran Blacker]

To the best of my limited knowledge the use two grills on 65 Dodge Coronets. You have a full width grill and cut the ends off the second grill to cover inner headlights and long enough to go under cut down headlight bezels. They use rivets to hold added grill pieces to full width grill. If you look at close up pictures I think you can see the rivets.

 

[Steve009]

To the best of my limited knowledge the use two grills. You have a full width grill and cut the ends off the second grill to cover inner headlights and long enough to go under cut down headlight bezels. They use rivets to hold added grill pieces to full width grill. If you look at close up pictures I think you can see the rivets.

I didn't know they used rivets. I thought It was welded or something. Freaks me out to cut up a grill but maybe I'll give it a shot one day.

 

[65NUTCASE]

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[65NUTCASE]

Here's mine it required 4 grills and a set of headlight bezels. Along with countless hours of fabrication and fitting... Good luck

 

[khryslerkid]

Is that a shop somewhere in the US? What city?

He's a well known member. Grills and trim are his specialties. Does some fantastic work. I'm thinking he made his own Max grill for his '64 Dodge some years back. This is a link about some restoration work.

http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/grille-restos.101307/

 

[Fran Blacker]

Pulled this off internet. Picture quality is poor. I put a magnifier on it looked for rivets. My guess is to make it more stable. bet you need a couple inches of overlap on top and bottom rails. 65nutcase's grill looks great. 4 grills, costly!!

 

[Fran Blacker]

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Did you have to bend the vertical outward to continue a taper in the grill. Geeus it looks great. Who's scoop did you use?

 

[mmissile]

The nicest one I saw was welded, metal-finished, and re-polished / brite-dipped. It looked like a 1-piece stamping.

 

[Steve009]

The nicest one I saw was welded, metal-finished, and re-polished / brite-dipped. It looked like a 1-piece stamping.

Bob mosher makes some beautiful ones that way

 

[black64]

Cut and fit to cover inside headlamp position using piece from spare grille.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

here's one of mine on my 65 dodge

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

And one for my 65 dodge racecar patterned after the way Chrysler did it with rivets

 

[moparsteve636]

One of my 65 AWB needs to be refinished! Hey Hemi 5.7 I sent you a p.m.

 

[aldal]

http://special-ts.tripod.com/

Bill at Special T's Unlimited made mine for my 65 Coronet and it is pricey but a work of art (in my opinion).Good luck

 

[5.7 hemi]

For the 64' Dodges, 2 grilles are needed for a conversion. The 64' Plymouth's need 2 grilles as well. The 65' Dodges use 2 grilles and you can either use screws or rivets to hold the extensions on as BOTH were used at that time. Now, when I'm done cutting and fitting the pieces, the extensions will need to be "bent" to fit correctly on your car, which I don't have so that job is up to you to finish along with using the rivets or screws.

Any other questions, I'm here all week! Lol!!

 

[5.7 hemi]

By the way, I'm a cheap date compared to King of Trim or Special T's!