Super Stock grille

[Basoline]

Hey

How do you like my super stock grille? Me and my good friend Antoon (kudos!) worked on it the whole evening last tuesday. Thought it would be a much easier job to do but it turned out to be a tough. It comes down to grinding, cutting, fitting, bending, grinding, cutting, fitting, bending...and so on. It's so awesome looking and makes the car even more evil...it almost looks "factory"...

 

[69 Runner]

Looks good. Wanna answer my question before I ask it? lol

 

[Basoline]

Yes i'm going to paint the radiator support flat black...

 

[69 Runner]

lol...wrong question

I was going to ask about more "crown" on the inserts than the rest of the grill

 

[rlpagan]

Great Job ! Looks just like the factory car pictures I sent you !

 

[prhousejr]

pretty.

 

[5.7 hemi]

Yeah, what 69 runner said.....

 

[Wagondoors]

lol...wrong question

I was going to ask about more "crown" on the inserts than the rest of the grill

Appears the crown is the correct 'look'.
Looks good, I dig it!

 

[Basoline]

The more crown on the inserts is correct i'm afraid. Back in the days, super stock grilles wheren't for sale. They where "made" by the people on the racetrack. To lose weight and not lose the stock look, they used pieces of the centersection. This is tapered to both ends so to make it fit, you have to bend the inserts which causes the "wrong" crown...If you look at it from nearby, you can tell it's...well...not factory. LOL

@rlpagan: yes, i used those as reference! Thanks!

 

[69 Runner]

Aaah....After giving my question some thought, that was the answer (read GUESS) that I came up with.

Make ya nervous bending those pieces to fit?

 

[Basoline]

Well, bending those pieces didn't...cutting up some pretty nice headlight bezels did. Once you do that, there's no going back...I hesitated before we cut them (actually, it was on my mind for like two weeks or so...hahaha).

 

[gearheadbill]

grille

The crown?must be something special to 65s my 64 is flat-and the factory Hemi's were single headheads,max wedges were Dbl headlight,mine is a 64 330-Dodge.
I like the single headlight look one way or other!!!
Bill

 

[69 Runner]

Yes...the crown. Or peak if you prefer. Notice the ribs in the grill all have a peak (or crown), but the pieces made to replace the inboard half of the headlight bezel has to be bent more sharply because the ribs are to long in that position of the grill.

And you're incorrect. Not all of the 64 (Plymouth) Hemi cars were single headlight cars. The aluminum front end cars were. But the steel front end "nascar" cars had quad.

 

[gearheadbill]

grille

Yes the Alu front end cars were single head lite,,as for other hemi cars?,I was referring to the super stock factory sedan cars only!!
I guess I should have made myself more clear Runner.
Bill

 

[alleyoopmgv]

It looks great!

 

[Basoline]

64 grilles (both Dodge and Plymouth) aren't tapered so there's no need to bend the extra pieces...so no difference in " peak" /"crown".

 

[wedgie]

Appears the crown is the correct 'look'.
Looks good, I dig it!

I love the look of the single headlights, but even the original grill modifications made back in '65 looked crude. This is mine, and it too has the original crude look (by today's standards).

 

[383man]

Man how did I miss this ?? That looks really good. I love the single headlite 64's and 65's. Very nice indeed. :yes: Ron

 

[shopguy]

nice job basoline! where from the stock grille did you cut the donor pieces for the SS grille? I'm looking to do the same mod....so I'm looking for a donor grille.
Mike

 

[Basoline]

Hi Mike,

Find yourself a centersection of the grille and cut 11 bars from the left and 11 bars from the right. From those pieces, remove the pieces that fit into the headlight bezel. Check the 3rd picture from the top in this thread. We taped the pieces that STAY with black tape. You use those bits to fit them UNDERNEATH the cut headlightbezel.

Hope everything goes well. Don´t underestimate it! Take your time...

Post some pictures when you're done!