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For those that don`t know
http://www.renoswapmeet.com/

Yup, I'll be there. Itsa good one. Huge with plenty of shade too. Even though it says Reno, it's in Sacramento at Arco arena

Pat

Just got back from there at 1:00 pm, I was there at 6:00 am, my feet were tired, wife was hungry so we stopped and ate on the way home. There was so much stuff there, amazing, prices were down it seems from last year, anyways picked up a another grill for my `37, not that mine is bad, but you never know s**t happens, picked it up for $80, couple of bent bars but it will straighten out. I looked for Stu`s Studebaker but alas see him...

Originally Posted by 406Rich

Just got back from there at 1:00 pm, I was there at 6:00 am, my feet were tired, wife was hungry so we stopped and ate on the way home. There was so much stuff there, amazing, prices were down it seems from last year, anyways picked up a another grill for my `37, not that mine is bad, but you never know s**t happens, picked it up for $80, couple of bent bars but it will straighten out. I looked for Stu`s Studebaker but alas see him...

I wish I had found that grille, Rich! I have an older reproduction grille for mine but so far I haven't been able to get a good enough fit with the hood. I'm assuming one might be able to get a better fit with an original grille?

Randy

Nice find, I was there too, the thing was huge, if you spent any time at all looking at stuff it would take 5 hours or more just to walk through. I came down with a buddy in his under cover car (Suburban) in case we found something we could not live without. I wasn't shopping for anything in particular. There was a lot of sheet metal, a lot of projects and a lot of nice wheels and tires. It was fun just looking around and seeing what was there. Next stop for me is Hot August Nights, heading up on Wednesday and the Studebaker will be there.

Pat

Thats what I `ve found out, not thru myself but other cars that I have seen over the years, the make braziling<sp> repos that don`t fit no matter what you do, you can tell them by the way they are made the bars are not part of the grille but added into it( stamped) if I remember at both ends center and sides of the upright sections. The guy I bought this from just replace his so he said with a NOS grille, wonder what he paid..... The only other choice would be a fink grille, but that is more of a billet look to me as opposed to the stock look. Mine is the standard not the deluxe grille. There was one out there last year with about four inches of the bottom missing and he wanted $200.