Lee997
New member
Finally got round to stripping the front end off the car and fitting grilles.
Although the £200+ cost of readymade ones is quite reasonable when weighed off against the cost of a new rad after a stone strike but it’s not a difficult job and mesh is readily available.
Fortunately my brothers garage where we are normally repairing, rebuilding or restoring historic race cars as well as general servicing of just about anything else was empty this weekend due to the fact they were supporting a car at Spa, I took advantage of a nice empty workshop and set about stripping the front end down, good opportunity to clean out the debri built up in the rads and a lick of paint on some rusting brackets before fitting the grilles and reassembling.
Finished article looks dammed good and has a practical use as well.
Although the £200+ cost of readymade ones is quite reasonable when weighed off against the cost of a new rad after a stone strike but it’s not a difficult job and mesh is readily available.
Fortunately my brothers garage where we are normally repairing, rebuilding or restoring historic race cars as well as general servicing of just about anything else was empty this weekend due to the fact they were supporting a car at Spa, I took advantage of a nice empty workshop and set about stripping the front end down, good opportunity to clean out the debri built up in the rads and a lick of paint on some rusting brackets before fitting the grilles and reassembling.
Finished article looks dammed good and has a practical use as well.