34 repo grill shells

Oldbluoval

Oldbluoval

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I have a couple of 34 grill shells both NIB
I don’t have a 34 set up right now to see the fit
I’ve had these 20 years or better and they are not Drake; I believe they’re
Australian? Repos many years ago?
They are very nice with perfect plating very very nice looking
Can anyone shed light on the fit of these? Pros? Cons?
Thanks in advance
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4 repro grilles that I know of...


1. Early replacement, fabricated, coarse bars and too few. Garbage.
2. V8 Shop. Tooling by Lyle Funk. Fairly nice but had some fitting issues on the hood corners.
3. Australian. Semi-hand made, quality varied grille to grille, could make a nice replacement.
4. Drake. Very nice.


None available.
 
CW Moss in Orange was handling them(Australian) along with the 35's.Chad who now has the store might be able to give you some info on them.Number 1 that Karl is referring to might be the Argentina ones.Ford Obsolete brought those in the mid 1970"s? Australian ones looked much better.


Post close up pics of what you have if you can.
 
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deuce lover said:
CW Moss in Orange was handling them(Australian) along with the 35's.Chad who now has the store might be able to give you some info on them.Number 1 that Karl is referring to might be the Argentina ones.Ford Obsolete brought those in the mid 1970"s? Australian ones looked much better.


Post close up pics of what you have if you can.
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If you are refering to Chad Looney, he no longer owns CW Moss. Troy Williams owns it now.

I have a old V-8 Shop one and have comparatively fit it. The Drake Grille fit far superior to it, but even it had it's own issues
 
I could be wrong, but I believe Chad inherited Vintique after his dad's passing and his brother acquired CW Moss, only to sell it to Troy (the original owner's son) shortly after for a hefty price.

I had spoken to Troy in recent weeks and he is really pushing to turn CW Moss into something big and attempting to do more than just stock Vintique stuff. From the looks of their website and new catalogs that appears to be the case. His positive attitude made it seem as though CW Moss will be a great place to buy from as a retail customer.
 
It has been my experience (1 34, 1 33) that fitting a FORD grille even to original Ford sheet metal (hood, inner fender panels, apron at bottom if grill) is not easy, it takes a lot of fooling around. I can't imagine it would be easier with a reproduction.
 
Curious~
How was the fit of these right off the line when assembled in the day?
When one watches the assembly in videos and such it seems laborless to the men. Though I do realize that one gets good with their job in repetition.
Still, there had to be variances in one from another in fit on assembled bodies.
 
RobR'35 said:
Curious~
How was the fit of these right off the line when assembled in the day?
When one watches the assembly in videos and such it seems laborless to the men. Though I do realize that one gets good with their job in repetition.
Still, there had to be variances in one from another in fit on assembled bodies.
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I suspect that the Ford assembly line was far less picky about exacting fitment in 1933 and 1934 than those who are restoring the cars today.
 
why not look at an original ( untouched ) I have 66000 33 ford . I will post pictures. The fit is real good. I also have a 34 5-W that has never been apart. I will post pictures. The fit is also real good. My opinion is when we try to assemble a car with parts that did not come with it - or era replacement parts. OR cars that have been hit and repaired sometimes good and sometimes not so good. We have to work to get acceptable fits
 
I would also think they knew all the tricks (places to adjust to get the result they were after).
 
Subject drift again.....
Has anyone fitted one of the older Australian grill shells?
They look absolutely superb....mine have been boxed for 15+ years
Thanks in advance (and arrears) for input
 
34 Grill pic. Got several views if you want to email direct (oldbluoval@gmail.com). These are no longer available I understand nor are Drake's
 

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Oldbluoval said:
Subject drift again.....
Has anyone fitted one of the older Australian grill shells?
They look absolutely superb....mine have been boxed for 15+ years
Thanks in advance (and arrears) for input
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I have fitted a few of the Australian repo grills made by Chris Nihill out of Bendigo Australia , they are really good quality and the fit up is almost perfect , when he makes them they are in raw finish unplated so you can trial fit tem before you plate them , i am very happy with mine
 
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