Aluminum Car Grille Restoration at Home

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We repair the old tatered grill on our 1964 Falcon. We use body hammers and trim hammers to fix the grille. These grilles see the world first on the car and can take a lot of damage over the years.
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@robertwalker9638 Месяц назад

I use a piece of hard wood between the hamer and the grille You can shape the wood to a similar profile that you are trying to restore. The wood will not leave hammer strike marks on the aluminum. You can also buy a bottle of anodize stripper to remove all the anodize, and if you are really anal, purchase an anodizing kit and make your own tank to re-anodize when when you are finished. You can change the color as well, or do clear anodize. It is hard to find a shop that has a anodizing tank large enough to take the grille.

@paulhare662 Месяц назад

Making wooden dies has served me well over the years. Well worth the time to make them.

@AutoRestoMod Месяц назад

Those are all great tips thanks

@neilmarshman2474 Месяц назад

Using 2 metal surfaces will also increase the chance of stretching the material. good call on the use of wood, when i did my trim bits i used a wooden hammer and wood shapes to get the profiles right.

@rickyfulks6656 Месяц назад

There is a black anodizing that might look good

@Jon-Bar Месяц назад

that is a ton of work. would a sandbag instead of the metal plate have helped in getting the grille to bend the way you want it?

@AimlessMoto Месяц назад

My 65' Ranchero has a blacked out grille and headlight trim. Looks sharp. Fyi... that long bar grille is a 64'... the 65' has a vertical bar in the center.

@AutoRestoMod Месяц назад

Believe it or not, some of the base Rancheros in 65 actually used 64 Falcon grills.

@Walkercolt1 Месяц назад

Until you've Simichromed (Mother's Mag polish but a pink paste) a 1963 or 64 Chevy II Nova's aluminum grille to a chrome polish, you don't know what back and FINGER pain is...WAAAAY back in the day, Daddy had a 1948 Pontiac Chieftain (not a Super Chieftain) and my job (before I was 5!) was to use DuPont grille and bumper Chrome polish on them and the REST of the chrome. To polish-out the tree sap pits in the Indian Head hood ornament (standing on a wire milk crate) took more than an hour! THEN he had me Glas-Wax all the windows and windshield! My older sister and him Simonized the car and rubbed it out.

@AutoRestoMod Месяц назад

Your dad must have done something right I can't even bribe my kids to wash behind their ears