I finally got a new grille to replace the one that I returned to Oze months ago. The grille is improved overall, with a much better fit at the bottom, where there used to be 1/2" gaps between the grille and the body. 1/4-20 tapped holes have replace the old 1/4" through holes, so no nuts are required to mount the grille.

Unfortunately, that's the end of the good news. My grille fits great on the driver's side, but the other side comes up nearly 1/4" short of reaching the top of the hood side. If the hood is set to have 1/8" of gap with the body, there will be 3/8" gap between the hood and the grille, on the passenger side. I spent quite a few hours elongating the mounting holes in the body and getting the best fit that I could, before taking pictures.

The chrome plating is also poorly done, with a lot of deep grinder marks marring the top surface of the fins, where they are easily seen. They're still using unsightly MIG welds right down the center of the grill too.

IMO, Oze is doomed, unless they can come up with a better grille. The one that I have doesn't come close to the quality of the stainless steel grilles that came with the Canadian built cars.

The whole idea of offering a chromed plated steel grille is not good. It's very difficult to get the copper and nickel to throw into the small cavities on the back side of the grille, and the result will be a grill that rusts quickly, if every washed.

What's needed is a stainless steel grille with TIG welding.





At this point, my project is on hold. I've got to decide whether to do a little more work on it in order to drive it as an unfinished rat rod, with A/C that works, or just put the thing up for sale and take a big loss. There's no point is trying to fit the body to such a poorly made grille.

I notice that Oze is trying to sell their display roller on hot rod hotline.

1937 Ford 5-window by OZE ROD SHOP : Ford