Restoring an engine lid grill
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Restoring an engine lid grill
Hi,
Good engine lid grills are becoming hard to find so I decided to test restoring them. Here are the results.
Firstly I had to carefully remove each bar from the grill and then have each individual bar polished (and re-anodised if required). Here are the bars after polishing.
As expected during transport, polishing and (if required) anodising, these bars are very easily bent and twisted. Each bar therefore required work. Also the polishing removes the numbers which are stamped on each bar. I thus used a spare grill to match the location of each bar on the grill.
In the mean time the grill is prepped and painted
Each bar is then individually added and adjusted to match to the correct curve and spacing between each bar. This is a time consuming process but the results I think are worth it.
I need another half hour tomorrow making some more adjustments but considering this grill was awful I am pretty happy with the results, or maybe I am being to anal
Thanks
Any feedback or comments would be much appreciated.
Alan
Good engine lid grills are becoming hard to find so I decided to test restoring them. Here are the results.
Firstly I had to carefully remove each bar from the grill and then have each individual bar polished (and re-anodised if required). Here are the bars after polishing.
As expected during transport, polishing and (if required) anodising, these bars are very easily bent and twisted. Each bar therefore required work. Also the polishing removes the numbers which are stamped on each bar. I thus used a spare grill to match the location of each bar on the grill.
In the mean time the grill is prepped and painted
Each bar is then individually added and adjusted to match to the correct curve and spacing between each bar. This is a time consuming process but the results I think are worth it.
I need another half hour tomorrow making some more adjustments but considering this grill was awful I am pretty happy with the results, or maybe I am being to anal
Thanks
Any feedback or comments would be much appreciated.
Alan
Last edited by Alan @ CanfordClassics on Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Another fine job there Alan you have a knack of making these thing look easy
I agree it's no 5 min job, I got part way through doing one but the quotes I was getting for polishing/re-anodizing or chroming of the strips were more vs. the cost of a good used grill, so my project's been put on hold for now.
I agree it's no 5 min job, I got part way through doing one but the quotes I was getting for polishing/re-anodizing or chroming of the strips were more vs. the cost of a good used grill, so my project's been put on hold for now.
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there you go again look you making everyone else look slow
I'm looking forward to stripping my car under your guidance, I just hope i can keep up your high standards. I fear my learning may not be a curve but more a Himalayan ascent
PS How are wedding plans
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I'm looking forward to stripping my car under your guidance, I just hope i can keep up your high standards. I fear my learning may not be a curve but more a Himalayan ascent
PS How are wedding plans
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Hi Mike,
Wedding plans are going well, we have several meetings with caterers today...
....but the bigger question is will I have my 3.2 twin plugged by then as we are going to use it as the wedding car
Speak soon
Alan
Wedding plans are going well, we have several meetings with caterers today...
....but the bigger question is will I have my 3.2 twin plugged by then as we are going to use it as the wedding car
Speak soon
Alan
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Check out your insurance very carefully for this Alan. I know someone who came a cropper using their pride and joy as a wedding car. Wouldn't like it to spoil your day.Alan.UK wrote:Hi Mike,
Wedding plans are going well, we have several meetings with caterers today...
....but the bigger question is will I have my 3.2 twin plugged by then as we are going to use it as the wedding car
Speak soon
Alan
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bugger it now I have to do another job..
It's been on my list for a while. I pull part of a spare one apart and straightened it out alot..
Alan your a bad influence on us lot..
I was even out in the workshop today and completed a steering rack ( bar on bit see wanted section ) all stripped cleaned and painted in a day.. what's going on.. I seem to have caught the Alan bug and get this done.. hey not a bad thing..
It's been on my list for a while. I pull part of a spare one apart and straightened it out alot..
Alan your a bad influence on us lot..
I was even out in the workshop today and completed a steering rack ( bar on bit see wanted section ) all stripped cleaned and painted in a day.. what's going on.. I seem to have caught the Alan bug and get this done.. hey not a bad thing..
think this picture answers your question.edwardo wrote:Looks brilliant Alan, Impressive how you got the bars to all lign up correctly.
and it helps that the bars are numbered.
but i still don't know how to get the grill apart without damaging it then fix it back togeather again.all the ones i have worked on have been rivetted
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Hi,
The early SWB grills are different, so maybe that is what you mean, but they can still be taken apart.
The grills are numbered but the polishing process removes these so in this case they were manually identified on where they go.
I also manually adjusted each bar to make them straight and also with the correct curve. To see how badly they were messed up look at the bars at the top of the previous photo. I have a few tricks to achieve this, but the best is patience and time.
Alan
The early SWB grills are different, so maybe that is what you mean, but they can still be taken apart.
The grills are numbered but the polishing process removes these so in this case they were manually identified on where they go.
I also manually adjusted each bar to make them straight and also with the correct curve. To see how badly they were messed up look at the bars at the top of the previous photo. I have a few tricks to achieve this, but the best is patience and time.
Alan
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Hi Alan
I am just in the middle of cleaning up a short wheel base grill, what rivets do you use to rebuild the grill, as I can not imagine the original one are still available.
Kind regards
I am just in the middle of cleaning up a short wheel base grill, what rivets do you use to rebuild the grill, as I can not imagine the original one are still available.
Kind regards
John
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Hi John,
I will need to take a look to remind myself what I use.
Alan
I will need to take a look to remind myself what I use.
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