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Old Sep 15, 2017 | 10:31 AM
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'49 grill help

I am getting ready to have my grill for my F4 powder coated. My son bought me the stainless strips to install on my grill, but my grill is not drilled for them. Would anyone here have a grill that is factory drilled that you could post a photo of and the dimensions of hole size and placement for mounting the strips?
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Old Sep 15, 2017 | 11:27 AM
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I should have an old grill with holes in the attic. I will check this weekend and get you the information if you still need it. The Stainless Steel strips attach with spring clips that slide in the strips, so the exact location of the holes may not be important, other than being centered vertically on the grill bars.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2017 | 07:47 PM
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I should have an old grill with holes in the attic. I will check this weekend and get you the information if you still need it.

Thank you for the reply, that would be great. I really appreciate it.
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Old Sep 18, 2017 | 08:39 PM
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Great info to be shared as I also want to put the SS covers on my grill
 
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Old Sep 18, 2017 | 08:48 PM
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I did mine recently without a template. Just eyeballed the location on each bar and went at it. The important thing, like mentioned above is to put the holes in the vertical center. If you have one that won't cooperate, drill another one nearby since the hole won't ever be visible.
I will say that the stainless trim does not have a radius bend that perfectly matches the grille. You have to adjust the tightness of the bolts back and forth to get an even gap. Takes some time but the grille will look good afterward. Only we would notice the non-perfect curve.
Another tip, drill the holes and do the test fit BEFORE you paint it....there will be scratches.

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Old Sep 19, 2017 | 08:33 PM
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Here's details from an original grill I have in a spare front clip. The 3 3/8" measurement is from the center of the last round hole to what would be the center of the left side of the 5/16"x3/4" oval hole.

 
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Old Sep 19, 2017 | 09:07 PM
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Great info Bob!!


I have a drilled grill and was fixing to go make some measurements, now I can be lazy and sit on my back side.
I recently found a set of stainless strips, they are pretty munched. Everyone in awhile I pull them out and work at straightening them. Who knows, maybe someday I might make them useable....lol


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Old Sep 19, 2017 | 09:16 PM
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Thank you fellas for all the replies, and thank you Bob for the photo and the detailed dimensions. Exactly what I was needing! I really appreciate the help! The people here are fantastic!!! As Abe would say, best place on the world wide web.
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Originally Posted by bobj49f2


Wow... Bob that's a nice clean spare grill. Thanks for measurements!
 
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Old Sep 19, 2017 | 09:40 PM
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Just to tease you guys a little more here's where I store some of my stuff, my old barn. The clip is up on the hay mow and so other goodies below in the shadows

 
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Old Sep 19, 2017 | 09:48 PM
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I love the post and beam barn! Any idea when it was built?
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I'm jealous, Bob... I have less than half of my garage to put my parts tools and everything else I need to store in my hobbies.
 
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Mark, there's some carving in one of the walls in the bottom that says 1886, the house was, we were told, was built about the same time. We also have a farm about five miles away that my sons farms out of, it is my wife's family farmstead from the 1850s. The house there is the original log house her great-great grandparents built when they came from Germany, it was built in the 1850s. We moved when my son ask his now wife to marry him. I tell people we moved into a newer house. The farm has a barn that was built in 1905, also a post and beam.

Moe, I won't show you the pole building
 
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Moe, I won't show you the pole building

Well this will be the first for me, I've never thought I would tell a Man that he's a big tease! LOL We love our truck p - o - r - n !
 
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