renewed my grille

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  1. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    :bananaman now that i have a new bumper i thought i would redo my grille. the before pic.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    after pic.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    the whole grille.
     
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    missing my 71 maverick i6 3 on the tree :(
    always nice to see people enjoy themselves lol.. nice work, i love seeing your car comming togeather..
     
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    Russ Found On Russ's Drive

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    Ahhh Frank... I hope you let the paint dry before you set it on the kitchen table:slap: :slap: :slap: Looking good. funny how its the little things that make a differance. Russ
     
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    Looking good Frank. You going to have that car done buy Spring? I hope to see it at some shows next year.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    russ, it wasn't painted. i took 1000 grit sand paper and sanded the oxidation off the black plastic and then polished it out with close up toothpaste. did the black hoods to the light buckets the same way. it was a three day labor of love.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    i like this pic., it gives my hood a whole new look...frank...
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    this is the before full view.thanks for looking ...frank...
     
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    HOLY CRAP!!! Frank that's a fair amount of work NICE JOB!! Thats worth 3 'naners :bananaman :bananaman :bananaman Russ
     
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    One thing I suggest to people but havent seen it done yet is to paint the orange background on the Maverick badge, the same color as your car. I did it on my 77 just to see what it looks like. I thought it looked great, gave it that little detail that sets things off. But I always remove script cause I like that look better.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    i left mine orange to off set the jell cell bat. on the other side.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: ...frank...
    jerry, the knee is on the mend. thanks or asking.
     
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    Craig Selvey Indiana State Rep - MCCI

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    1972 Maverick Grabber - Color: Orange Also, 1976 Ford Maverick 4-door, 1977 Mercury Comet 2-door.
    I think the emblem is orange behind it to sybolize a "brand". As in, branding a calf or horse. If you look at the 1970 Maverick brochure, on the cover is a red hot branding iron.

    I guess my orange car already has the color matching grill emblem back ground. :D
     
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    Not only will it not get caveties, it's got a great smile
     

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