Quote Originally Posted by Deuce
A side note on Brookville business practices ...
Thankfully ... I have a original 32 Ford roadster and a original 32 Ford 3W coupe ... and do not NEED ANY of Brookvilles products.

I have a Brookville '32 grille shell for my '31. With the amount of time that I have in repairs, I could have bought an OEM off EBAY. When I approached Ray Golohan about it at York 2-3 years ago and explained what my problems were, he said that they had been addressed and showed me a pristine copy. My (lucky) buddy then bought it for his car project. Last fall I stopped by Dick Spadaro's shop and asked if they had one of the better versions. The two that they had just gotten into stock were even WORSE then mine.

The problems that I had are sunken areas on both sides of the top(1/4"), .060 ridges top to bottom on both sides, the upper right detail ridge was off by over 3/8" and to make things even worse, the insert stuck out by a 1/2". Quality stuff NOT!! And yes, I do understand that there are tolerances - but those were beyond any reasonable assumptions as well as almost everything else on the car I bought. Golohan and I have had several 'discussions' but never more.