69 f100 grille HELP!!!
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it was a flawless aluminum grille until yesterday.
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I've wound up with two pretty nice aluminum 69 grills sitting in my basement. I had them on the local used site, but no bites. The problem is shipping something like that - I'm in Canada, to add to the difficulties..
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how about some pics?
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Had same problem. The grille I have wasn't too bad. I followed the advice of the guys in FTE. See the articles about restoring or polishing aluminum. If you find steel grille you can get it chromed. I got my aluminum grill to clean up pretty good with oven cleaner, buff wheel, and alot of polishing compound. Check out Chico from Corona, CA? He sometimes has really nice grilles (he sells on ebay)
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Had same problem. The grille I have wasn't too bad. I followed the advice of the guys in FTE. See the articles about restoring or polishing aluminum. If you find steel grille you can get it chromed. I got my aluminum grill to clean up pretty good with oven cleaner, buff wheel, and alot of polishing compound. Check out Chico from Corona, CA? He sometimes has really nice grilles (he sells on ebay)
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Steel looks great when chromed. Easier to keep polished. My opinion, the aluminum has that old classic look to it. Very expensive to replace, but I think it's the focal point of the 60's F100's. Depends on what you're going for restoration, customizing, or just a nice looker.