Daytona grille questions

[69HemiBee]

After glass beading as carefully as is possible the grille frame it is close to junk. Who makes a nice repro? It looks like the grille was painted seperately from the nose. It seems to me then that the screws holding it at the bottom should be natural finish. Am I right?  Does the front spoiler get painted off the car. It looks like the original rivnuts were installed on the nose after paint leading me to believe the spoilers were painted off car. On to the wing. It looks like the wing was painted a gloss black instead of semi gloss or matte. Correct? Did the hex head cap screw that holds the horizontal get painted with the wing or were the wings painted as seperate pieces? Sorry for the bother but this thing was so molested it is hard to tell what was what.

[69HemiBee]

I needed a bump on this one.

[nascarxx29]

Dave Patik @PCG had the grille frame or the wingcars club carried it to in the newsletter classifieds.He could also answer your other questions . Seeing the car your doing from your beginning post its came far amazing

http://www.wwnboa.org/daytdetpt2.htm
another good reference source is Hemi Genos daytona resto link
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,48725.0.html



Re: hemigeno's Daytona restoration with Dec '09 pics (dial-up beware) by hemigeno

...  things...

First, the screws on the grille screen should not be painted body color. ...
...  noted that black phos screws held my grille frame in place. As to why they shouldn' ...
... , that's a direct function of how the grille was painted in the first place. The  ...
...  mesh and grille frame were painted separate from the  ...
... . In fact, the grille mesh and frame were normally painted  ...
...  color paint found on my car behind the grille frame itself (I went back and looked at  ...
...  the case) and the body color on the grille mesh behind where the frame would  ...
... . The nosecone was painted without the grille frame/mesh installed, so the screw  ...
...  both had unpainted chrome screws in the grille frame. Plus, if you look at one of the  ...
...  see bright-headed screws holding the grille frame in place.
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,87885.msg991965/topicseen.html#msg991965

[DAY CLONA]

69HemiBee,...if you need a steel repro grille frame for a Daytona, I have them in stock, I don't have grille screen mat'l in stock, but that's available from other sources. I do include the hardware to mount the grille frame, PM me here on Dodgecharger.com if your interested

Mike

[DAY CLONA]

Here's Brians Tona' (1hotdaytona) wearing one of my grilles, front spoiler, scoops...and IIRC headlight doors also

Mike

[moparstuart]

wayne perkins has the grille mesh
  farmboy36b@comcast.net

 

[69HemiBee]

Here you can see why I have so many questions. Not much left to document.

[69HemiBee]

It is feeling much better now.

[moparstuart]

It is feeling much better now.

i see you used the ton of JB weld method   

[69HemiBee]

No JB weld here.

[moparstuart]

No JB weld here.

[Charger-Bodie]

Here's Brians Tona' (1hotdaytona) wearing one of my grilles, front spoiler, scoops...and IIRC headlight doors also

Mike

Bugs and all!

[moparstuart]

Here's Brians Tona' (1hotdaytona) wearing one of my grilles, front spoiler, scoops...and IIRC headlight doors also

Mike

Bugs and all!

if you drive them that what those noses are for , BUG KILLERS   

[Charger-Bodie]

Here's Brians Tona' (1hotdaytona) wearing one of my grilles, front spoiler, scoops...and IIRC headlight doors also

Mike

Bugs and all!

if you drive them that what those noses are for , BUG KILLERS    

The pic right above the bug pic is. From when I was building my Daytona.

[Charger-Bodie]

It is feeling much better now.

Is that true original nose repaired or a repro?

[69HemiBee]

A little of both. Sections of it are from Gene Gregory parts. I used as much of the original as was possible.