Technical Shoebox floating grille help

hello all I could use some ideas and input, I would love some step by step and references on scaled down merc style surround for my 51 ford, and Grille ideas I have a cad top grill bar maybe a 55' I had rechromed, Please share what ever you have for inspiration and ideas
sincerely M

 

I like 51 Plymouth grilles also really like 1955 Chrysler grille bar or considering something even cleaner and simpler. Please share or let me know if you have something left over from a project

 

Something like this?

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/traditional-custom-tech-dodge-grille-in-a-shoebox.55750/


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I like the pontiac grills in a shoebox ford


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I also used exhaust tubing to form my grille shell (as in the thread in post #3).



Grille was a V-ed '59 Chevy over-rider bar, with parking lights in place of the bullets.

 

Pontiac grille is definitely sharp

 

does anyone have a pic of a 51 Plymouth grille bar, don't think the shoebox is deep enough to fit

 

LOL, how about pics of a '51 plym w/ a scaled down merc'ish grill surround ala 5" exhaust tubing.....
check out the build in my sig bellow.

And yes, I have the original plym grill if your interested, hit me up.


jeff

 

wow cranbrook build is super cool

 

I got a cal chrome bar for a merc and made it fit. Couldn't find a favorite pontiac grille

 

clean look, like how you integrated it with the factory units

 

does anyone know how many inches a 55 Chrysler newyorker grille bar is, how much would need to be sectioned out to fit a shoebox.

 

I took 9" out of this '55 Chrysler grill bar. I am looking for some pics to upload of a Merc grill shell install in a shoebox...I got your PM

 

Here are some pictures of the Merc shell in my Ford now (thanks to Lloyd!), and the one that was in it before the head-on collision in '06 (the grey primer pics). The first one is a customer car, and the last one (painted) is my Ford now.

 

total perfection, thanks for the pics and info! saw Lloyd last Saturday a great friend and talented guy!
Also the Chrysler bar is a great look if you see one or something that works in your neck of the woods please give me a shout.
sincerely M

 

.rob whats your opinion on the fitment of a 51 Plymouth grille in a shoebox,, they are 47" end to end and about the right depth,, seems like it would a perfect fit with a merc style surround like yours? Also our other friend Jim heiser has been running one his mercury for about 20 years. thanks again

 

Lloyd is a great guy!

As far as the '51 Plymouth grill in a Merc shelled shoebox, I think it's a neat idea. That's a great kustom grill, but I see most of them mounted too low- they're not centered in the grill opening. I'd have to see how the bottom of the three teeth correspond to the Ford valance while still getting it to sit in the Merc shell at a decent height. I'd have to see pictures. I'll keep an eye out for a Chrysler bar or something similar.

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thanks for the input

 

This is the set up I have ran the last 10 years..just because it was easy. Ready for a change and with the help of friends bring it a little closer to completion

 

That's Jim Heiser s merc with the plymouth unit

 

This is the piece I had rechromed years ago to run.. I think its a cad grille bar? It's 40"

 

Oh, I like that! I'd put some tits on the end of that and run it...maybe dummy spots or '51 Ford grill bullets (but they're pricey little guys now!)

 

dummy spots huh? never thought of that

 

bump please share grille ideas, more pics the better.
thanks

 

I was going to suggest using the search function, but with this new HAMB most of the links are broken...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/custom-grills-for-shoebox-fords.30502/