Technical 32 grill insert

Thought I could make my own insert for radiator shell , kind of liked the diamond mesh look . Bought some aluminum rod to go with aluminum mesh that work threw out and started.
Bent rod using cheap old tubing bender like this
After some finesse it looks like this
Took the mesh and hammered it down into hoop
Alittle welding
Alittle tweaking to fit nice , get some powder satin black and there it is
Well that was my first technical post ,hope it's not too messed up looking

 

I think it looks great!Good work.

 

Pretty cool, made it yourself and cheap

 

Very cool and nicely done.

 

Looks great! ( and wasn't made in China for 15 bucks and sold here for 250!!)

Make more and sell them on here!

 

Very nice, you obviously have the skills to weld aluminum.
Looks Great!
KK

 

Nice work. Making that rod fit the contour of the shell ain't no easy thing to do but you nailed it like a pro.

 

Cool

 

Awesome piece of work.

 

Very nice!

 

Wow. Most of the time I'm disappointed in how guys try to rig up something that looks bad. But, this is really cool.

If you wanted to get fancy you could even add some chrome drawer knobs to change it up later.

 

Yeah that was the hardest part, especially since I wasn't smart enough to do it before painting the shell ,lots of tape !

 

Thanks for all the positive replies , I think it looks good but always nice to hear from others

 

Very nice work. Out of curiosity, how long did that take?

 

I think it looks cool AND you did it YOURSELF!!!!

 

looks like the "old days".

well done

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I like it. It reminds me of some deuce grills I saw on show rods back in the 60s. I think Barris did one similar to that once.

 

Nice work, I like the diamond cut outs!

 

Worked on it Alittle over couple days but really it was only 5 or 6 hours total probably

 

That looks sharp - you did a great job on that!

 

I like it! Nice job!!