Thread: 38/39 Rord grill trim wanted

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Howdy! I need the crome center strip fom a 38/39 Ford truck grill. I could even use one that is dented in the key hole area. Any leads would be helpful. Thanks.

Hey unk, if you,re not trying for a 100% correct restoration you can use any chrome strip that's wide enough. I used the quarter panel stainless strip from a 70's Buick (can't remember the exact year) on a 39. I cut it to legnth and put the cut end at the bottom. It covered the crank hole but I wasn't using a crank on it anyway.

Originally posted by The Al Show
Hey unk, if you,re not trying for a 100% correct restoration you can use any chrome strip that's wide enough. I used the quarter panel stainless strip from a 70's Buick (can't remember the exact year) on a 39. I cut it to legnth and put the cut end at the bottom. It covered the crank hole but I wasn't using a crank on it anyway.

Yep... after scroungin' the swaps for a coupla' years now I haven't come up with a profile that comes close to matchin' the grill emblem. Any idea what year the crome strip you refer to is??

I don't remember because I was buying a lots of wholesale cars from dealers at the time. By lots I mean 4 or 5 at a time. some wre junked and some were fixed up and sold. I think it was a 74 to 76 Buick but I could be wrong. Just take a tape measure to the junkyard or swap meet. I think it's 1 1/2 or 1 1/4 wide. any flat piece will bend enough to follow the curve of the grille. Even a piece of that plastic stick on side trim will work.

I checked out the pics of your truck. I was planning to build a fenderless 39 pickup with Toronado running gear in the back. I still have two sets of side panels I was going to weld together. The plan was to mount the radiator in back so that you could see through the engine compartment and see that it was empty. Then I thought maybe mount a lawn mower engine up front for laughs. The whole project was abandoned in the planning stages when I got an offer I couldn't refuse for the Toronado. It's now powering a Porsche speedster replica in Bangor Maine