Hi Perley. I see you got your thread up & going. There are some pictures here I hadn't seen before... Your grille shell is probably a '28 (Model-A). The '29's were chromed from the factory; '28's were painted. That's assuming it's a passenger car shell. It's my understanding that some '29 commercial shells were painted, too. Maybe some of the Model-A experts can clarifiy that.

There's nothing sweeter sounding than an inline six with split exhaust manifold and dual glasspack mufflers...

I've heard a torch called a "blue wrench", "smoke wrench", "hot wrench", and a "Mexican speed wrench", but "gas axe" beats 'em all. That's a good one...