comet grill's

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  1. bls_man

    bls_man New Member

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    hey i'm new to the whole mavrick comunity and i was wonder what grills other then a 73 grill will fit on a 73. thx i can use the help :bananaman :bananaman :bananaman <------ 3 banana's lol
     

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    All of them will fit.
     
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    All of them . You even have a choice of two colours : silver and black . I dont know if you can get a black one anymore .
     
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    Actually there are 3 different ones that I've found. The GT grill had 3 horizontal stainless steel trim pieces on it. Anyone got one?
     
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    DAB MAVERICK/COMET ENTHUSIAST

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    I've got 5 of them Dennis. ;)

    [Not really]
     
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    Craig Selvey Indiana State Rep - MCCI

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    I have two of the stainless steel trim pieces I removed from a broken grill.
     
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    DAB MAVERICK/COMET ENTHUSIAST

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    I haven't gotten brave enough to remove the originals. How easily did the chrome come off of the plastic?
     
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    Craig Selvey Indiana State Rep - MCCI

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    Using two small screwdrives I gently pried up on the edges to get them off. Knowing I wasn't trying to save the broken and busted grill helped, as I purposely broke the plastic to aid in getting the strips off.
     
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    I knew I wasnt qualified to answer that question .
     
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    Okay....

    ...I have to step up to the plate here Dennis and Craig.

    I have been around and studied a ton of Comet GT's.
    I have never seen any metal pieces attached to a grill
    on a GT.

    I have seen some Comets that seemed to have shiny
    pieces on the three larger horizontal bars in the grill.
    I always assumed that they were chromed plastic
    on a luxury model.

    I could be wrong. I have just never seen that on
    any of the numerous GT's that I have seen, and I
    parked beside of four of them in the 10th grade
    at school everyday back in '84.

    Seth
     
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    'Can't answer your question, BLS, but welcome to the board.

    Nice looking Comet you have there!


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    Those are the stainless pieces we are talking about. They wrap around the 3 horizontal bars. I do not know which years they were produced. They may have been on the early ones only.
     
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    From my observations, the stainless strips on the Comet GT grills came on the early GT's, maybe '71 and '72 only. This explains how hard to they are to find.
     
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    littleredtoy Seth

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    Hmmm

    I would like to see a pic of that if
    someone can post one.

    I'll look through some of my old pics
    of cars and see if I can pick that up.


    Seth
     
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