kustomizing dash... not finished

thropzed · Post by **thropzed** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:37 am

Matty, The grill is stock except I have cut and shut the chevy grill bar into the ends, so I could incorparate the indicators as they have the same profile as the guards. All that has to be done now is to shape the backs of the indicator housings to fit the guards. I threw the grill in the nite before All Holden day without finishing cause I ran out of time. Plus I like to have a different look each year. The centre section of the grill is how they are, and the end bars could be used but you'd have to delete the indicators.
Cheers Theo Z.................

thropzed · Post by **thropzed** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:46 am

Hey Matty, Don't know if you get QLD Street Car magazine but on page 41 in the NOV-DEC issue there's a pic of a flat purple desoto with stock grill. Check it out. It was a common Kustomizing thing in the day. I've even seen one in a HK Monaro!
Cheers Theo Z...............

mattymartin · Post by **mattymartin** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:57 pm

i'll check it out if i can find it...

a different look each year... WOW.

i'de be happy with one look over ten the way i'm going...

thanks
matty martin

thropzed · Post by **thropzed** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:15 pm

Hey Matty, Its pretty easy to have different looks for different moods or cruizes. Two or three sets of wheels and tyre packages,(these are easy to get when you have more than one car!) Stock spats and cruizer skirts, chrome and colour coded dummy spots, Air shocks for ride hieght, Mexican blankets for throw over and always have spare kustom bolt in Grills. Add extra grill bars in a stock FB grill, Put shower rail tubing on a FB grill frame and the easy one, get grill mesh from supercheap and go to bunnings indoor sales and buy as many gaudy door pulls as you can afford and screw them into the mesh in geometric shapes. Just a few ideas for ya, also get any george barris books and see how they did it back in the day.
Cheers Theo Z............

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:43 pm

Hey Theo could you give me any info on the FB shower grill? I have seen them before in pics and love them and wouldnt mind one on my FB. ATM i have just put black PVC tape over the vertical supports on my grill and it looks quite cool haha

mattymartin · Post by **mattymartin** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:22 pm

mods...

hey theo,

i'll keep those word in with my personal files for ideas... also i'll try & get some george barris books to check out...

shower grill ???????

any pics, (hey austmod' any pics of the tape...

matty martin

stillute-ed · Post by **stillute-ed** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:36 pm

got bored on the weekend

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:37 pm

Good work!