Aftermarket grills

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Reply #15 – January 14, 2007, 07:10:22 PM

It's called make your own. Hehe, I was toying around with the idea of cutting out the bars in the middle and making a bracket to hold a bird in the center when I had my car. It looked like a moderately difficult task, but with some good dremel skills could be done. A lot of other guys just run it without one, and it actually looks pretty decent.

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Reply #16 – January 14, 2007, 10:38:32 PM

i remember andrew beedle (member) doing a customer grille. yes its been done and when you see his, dont your pants!!

im 95% sure its andrew who did this. I think he also layed sheet metal along the engine bay all over for a clean nice silver cover.

andrew,, was that you ?
its been a like almost three years i think.

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Reply #17 – January 19, 2007, 01:01:02 AM

i guess you could call my 87 grill custom... painted it black and kept the bird chrome... needs to be redone with a better clear coat or some other non chipping paint. look up my posts and find my threads about pics of my bird and you'll see the (chipped) blacked out grill. i think it looks pretty decent if i had the whole front end 100% done.

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Reply #18 – January 20, 2007, 11:41:55 AM

Quote from: DakotaEpic;123869

It's called make your own. Hehe, I was toying around with the idea of cutting out the bars in the middle and making a bracket to hold a bird in the center when I had my car. It looked like a moderately difficult task, but with some good dremel skills could be done. A lot of other guys just run it without one, and it actually looks pretty decent.

that is my next take home project! going to get the grill and the pillar emblem today. gunna sand down the bird on the top and have the floating one! dont mean to steal you idea but i like it alot!

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Reply #19 – January 20, 2007, 05:24:26 PM

Here is a couple pictures of my grill I made a few years ago. This was on my first 83 bird that got rear ended and now it lives on my current 86 Bird. I got my idea from Eric but I wanted mine out of a T-bird grill and not a cougar grill so I made mine out of fiberglass and a spare t-bird grill I had around. Far as I know Eric and I are the only ones with a grill like thisl

Just if you were going to replicate this I plan on making a few changes this winter :D

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Reply #20 – January 25, 2007, 01:43:45 PM

Just if you were going to replicate this I plan on making a few changes this winter :D

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Reply #21 – January 25, 2007, 02:21:18 PM

Quote from: 84 Fila;123247

When I do the paint/bodywork for mine in the spring, I'm just updating to an 85-86 grill over my 84. Not sure if thats the change you want, but it's an easy mod that keeps the look, but changes it up:nkhk:

So Mike, please, change the bird emblem on the grill to match with Your car year, a stylyzed bird emblem on a 83-84 bird don't match for Me, unless all birds emblems are changed, at this time the dash don't fit for Me:hick:

Keep the car stock as possible...

Have a nice Day,

Dom.

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Reply #22 – January 25, 2007, 02:35:00 PM

Thats why I was ging a STOCK 85-86 grill. I planed on keeping the stock one, not trashing it. that way I can always go back to factory.

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Reply #23 – January 25, 2007, 03:09:57 PM

Okay, good, because the 85-86 grill have a stylized bird, and 83-84 have a straight bird (not sylized), well, keep Your car original as possible, or put just a Ford options on that...

I viewed Your post where You plan to change Your cluster for a ??? I don't remember, but if You make this keep all of Your stock parts and write a notes, My mother before his 85 donated to Me, have a 84 Bird, and if I remember corectly a lincoln digital dash will be an so easy fit in a 83-4 bird...

I plan to put a digital cluster from a MK-VI in My Ford van this spring when My Bird come out with his fresh paint:evilgrin:

Have a nice Day Mike,

Regards,

Dom.

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Reply #24 – January 25, 2007, 06:10:13 PM

Quote from: 84 Fila;125652

Thats why I was ging a STOCK 85-86 grill. I planed on keeping the stock one, not trashing it. that way I can always go back to factory.

i keep EVERYTHING! I still have the original header panel that was in my accident just incase

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Reply #25 – January 25, 2007, 09:58:08 PM

Ok, this is off topic, but since I have owned her, I have every part. Blown theromostat, ever bold, every smog line, EVERYTHNG:beatyoass: !!!!! I am going to kep the bird factory to an extent, but it WILL have ford parts on it. OR atleast a ford counterpart ( Ford Racing/SVO, Steeda, Roush....) so don't worry. I don't wana fornicate up the only fila here:punchballs:

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Reply #26 – January 28, 2007, 01:32:13 AM

Go for it on the spare grill. It adds a nice subtle customize to it. You can't lose, besides Pick n' pull have a rotating stock of T-Birds all the time (If you want to get another). Would you consider just black out paint first?

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Reply #27 – February 14, 2007, 01:34:19 PM

I got a grill off ebay for mine..9 bucks..i sanded it down and my dad took it to his shop today to paint. It'll go on in the spring w/ a few other MODS