Thread: Removing grille shell on a finished car

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The insert you have now may well be a Vintique repop. The better one available (as a repop) would be the Dale's Manufacturing out of Oklahoma City, related to Obsolete & Classic auto parts (formerly Obsolete Ford Parts until Ford sued them). Fit is going to depend on your shell. There were production variances whether it's an original or a repop, though the originals were probably more consistent.

As for the tape on the jeans thing, that's fine for "normal" tape to reduce the sticky, but would render the blue/green tapes almost useless for sticking.

I have my choice of 2 inserts to pick from. The one that's in there now- PO said it was an EBAY purchase. I have no clue what brand it is. All I know is it's crooked. Parked at a show- I see people checking the car- they get to the front & their head tilts. Pisses me off.
The 1st one is in the box & is from Bob Drake. The second one is custom, non-traditional & I hessitate to post pics for fear of being banned.

Body is RodBods, shell is steel but I don't know who's. The build sheet from builder says Rootlieb shell but I didn't know they made shells. Probably a missprint & probably from RodBods- or whatever shell they used in 1999.