Thread: Grille- yea or neh

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I'm late but I think the falmes are too gimmicky. When you said laser cut stainless I thought you had an original style laser cut stainless. That would be very nice. Overkill perhaps but nice. You have a very nice Deuce!

Kitz

Too much of somethings can ruin the whole look. I like the original grill, the flamed one is just too busy for my taste. But to each is own.

I have a friend who had a flamed 29 hiboy. Flames on the sides and doors, flames on the hood, flames made into the leather seats, flamed carpets, even had hood sides that were cut out in the shape of flames. Trunk was flamed as welll as the trunk interior. Looked good initially but shortly lossed it's appeal. Too much flame. He traded it for a non-flamed rod. Somewhere I have some photos of it and I will post them if I can find them.

You had me scared - I thought for sure that you were really going to put that insert in your grille shell - it's too nice of a car to cheapen it

Now - a Dan Fink grille insert for mine........I have a jug of pennies, a big bag of returnable bottles, a property tax refund, and a $5 scratch off lottery ticket - wonder what kind of a Fink grill insert that would get me

Originally Posted by IC2

You had me scared - I thought for sure that you were really going to put that insert in your grille shell - it's too nice of a car to cheapen it

Now - a Dan Fink grille insert for mine........I have a jug of pennies, a big bag of returnable bottles, a property tax refund, and a $5 scratch off lottery ticket - wonder what kind of a Fink grill insert that would get me

A few cut-offs from the scrap barell!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

A few cut-offs from the scrap barell!!!!!!

But just think of the QUALITY

Originally Posted by mopar34

Too much of somethings can ruin the whole look. I like the original grill, the flamed one is just too busy for my taste. But to each is own.

I have a friend who had a flamed 29 hiboy. Flames on the sides and doors, flames on the hood, flames made into the leather seats, flamed carpets, even had hood sides that were cut out in the shape of flames. Trunk was flamed as welll as the trunk interior. Looked good initially but shortly lossed it's appeal. Too much flame. He traded it for a non-flamed rod. Somewhere I have some photos of it and I will post them if I can find them.

I just saw an interesting comment on another forum. He said " sometimes it's not what you ADD to a car, it's what you DON'T add that makes it interesting." When I thought about that statement it is very true. We hotrodders get our cars done then try to find things it still needs to make it better, and sometimes those add-ons make it look like we bought out a Pep Boys store.........sort of gimmicky.

Don