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The problem, Mike, is you ordered a grill, which is fine for cooking slabs
of raw meat over a dung fire, instead of a grille, which goes on the front
of a bugeye.
Best always,
Rick Neville
On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 9:55 PM Michael MacLean via Spridgets <
spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
> The Bugeye grill on the car now is the re-chromed original. When I had
> the car repainted for the 2008 Lake of the Ozarks 50th the body shop was
> heavy handed and the top most pin was pulled so hard to install the speed
> nut it cracked the metal of the grill around it. Not super evident until
> you get close. Up close you can see the crack at the peak of the grill.
> I bought a replacement grill from AH Spares and it arrived today.
> First of all, it is a bad pressing that lacks the detail at the top edge.
> On the original there is a definite border edge. The repro has no such
> detail. Maybe not important to some people, but it bugs me. Second, the
> grill came bent at the bottom. See picture below. Both ends bent like
> this. The chrome is cracked at the bend also. Glad I didn't spring for the
> high quality show chrome version.
> Mike MacLean
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<div dir=3D"ltr">The problem, Mike, is you ordered a grill, which is fine f=
or cooking slabs of raw meat over a dung fire, instead of a grille, which g=
oes on the front of a bugeye.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Best always,</=
div><div>Rick Neville</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D=
"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 9:55 PM Michael MacLean =
via Spridgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">
The Bugeye grill on the car now is the re-chromed original.=C2=A0 When I h=
ad
the car repainted for the 2008 Lake of the Ozarks 50th the body shop=20
was heavy handed and the top most pin was pulled so hard to=20
install the speed nut it cracked the metal of the grill around it.=C2=A0 No=
t super evident
until you get close.=C2=A0 Up close you can see the crack at the peak of t=
he
grill.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0I bought a replace=
ment grill from AH=20
Spares and it arrived today.=C2=A0 First of all, it is a bad pressing that=
=20
lacks the detail at the top edge.=C2=A0 On the original there is a definite=
=20
border edge.=C2=A0 The repro has no such detail.=C2=A0 Maybe not important =
to some
people, but it bugs me.=C2=A0 Second, the grill came bent at the bottom.=
=C2=A0
See picture below.=C2=A0 Both ends bent like this.=C2=A0 The chrome is cra=
cked at the bend also. Glad I didn't spring for the high quality show c=
hrome=20
version. <br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Mike MacLean</div>
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