[Spridgets] AH Spares Bugeye Grill

[Michael MacLean]

Thanks Rick.  That is really about all this grill is good for.
Mike MacLean

On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 9:36 AM HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 at 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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