Customs Show me your Shoebox grilles.

The sidetrim post is cool. How bout your favorite grilles for a '49-'51 Ford? I have a '51 and am picking up a '50 clip this weekend. Show me whatcha got!!!

 

Here's mine. '50 buick grille.

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how about this I think its a dodge pickup grille

 

Old Cal Custom pieces.

 

Cal Custom cool...I have the hood piece if anyone is interested.

 

Mine, 54 pontiac centre piece, custom spun bullets welded to the ends, then the original wing pieces modified to bolt to that.a thousand bucks in chrome and polishing prep work...(!) removed the lower parklight trim piece and just left the park light there.

 

We're putting a '53 Chevy (car) grill in my friend's '50 shoebox . Fits like a glove . I wish I had the mock-up pics online .

 

Mine...2 1958 Edsel grilles sideways with gold expanded metal and chrome drawer pulls...

 

Sometimes the stock looks as henry designed works well too,,,,

 

i used a 55 Chrysler reverse light bar V'd and shortened a whole lot, and i just made up some lexan lenses...I'll probably change the grill in the near future, not a huge fan of it.

 

my brother, merc-o-madness is using 2 out of 3 bars from a 56 chrysler grill, they are stainless, so you can polish em up, don't have to worry about chroming them.

 

Here's one I did for a customer- Merc grill shell with narrowed Chrysler bar...

 

Has anyone else used stainless grill's on shoeboxes?

 

Cool thread.. lets keep it goin, I gotta 54 Pontiac in mine as well..

 

Modified 49 and 50 parts, with an oddball hubdap part for the bullet.

 

Is that a Mercedes?

 

I'm beginnig to agree with your wife Sam,, your going to hell... LOL!

 

Ha ha! I guess I can do anything I want then!

 

I still use Henrys' grille (and paint!) but I love this thread.
The Edsel grilles on that kustom are just awesome!
PLEASE keep them coming shoebox guys.
Eddy in Dallas

 

id love to find a 51 upper grille bar for my 50

sailor nick, man your car looks clean with that treatment did you just cut another grille to do that?

 

Traditional...the only way.

Beautiful car!!!!

 

I think I'll have an extra after I do my clip swap.....

 

Can't wait to see that come together. That's just tough.

 

One of the coolest grilles ever, in my humble opinion!

 

Gonna be some work to make that Buick grille fit but man will it be cool!

 

54 chevy center bar with Ford ends

 

Heres one I built. It's made from 51 mercury accessory bumper guards.



Here's another old picture. That front end is long since done.

Loosely mocked up.

 

Can't find a pic but I have seen a couple shoboxes done with bumper and surrounds from the 58-60 square Tbirds. I really like the look. More of a 60's thing though I suppose.

 

'55 Dodge grille (don't worry, the car is getting a paint job, among other things).