Custom 68 grill progress

[NorwayCharger]

My grill was in a terrible condition, was cracked/missing pieces/ painted with aerosol paint/fiberglass repair.etc etc..
Center piece was loose all the smal ribbons holding it to the grill frame was cracked

Anyway, i tought i would paint it in the original colors but then i started painting and i want some opinions from you guys.
Maybe keep the center black, and the rest chrome..

I also will be swapping the vacum headlight doors for some smal linar DC aculators.

[Gilbert Charger]

I like it,keep it that way

[NYCMille]

I think it looks pretty good as well - It will be neat to see how it looks with the chrome headlight buckets.

[plum500]

Looks great to me.

[DC_1]

I like it

[Blown70]

The color of that car it will look GREAT.....

Tom

[Silver R/T]

i like it, its up to you if you want to keep it that way. I will probably paint mine all black eventually

[1968 Charger B5]

man it looks sick right now leave it like that

[NorwayCharger]

Thanks for the reply guys..
I will blackout the lower and upper part of the center piece, and then leave it.
It reminds me a little of a challenger grill...

[tan top]

looks good  ( different) i thought the same challenger-ish  i wonder how it will  look on the car with a chrome bumper

[rt green]

nice!  i like it

[ChargerHound69]

I just did the same thing with the headlight doors.  I ordered the actuators from Godfather customs. 

That car is going to be great.

[NorwayCharger]

I just did the same thing with the headlight doors.  I order the actuators from Godfather customs. 

That car is going to be great.

Thanks, i really had to search for the right actuators.
I was thinking i could use a doorlock motor, but they only have a 7/8 stroke, and i needed 2" stroke.
I found this one http://www.jovac.as/oldweb/index.htm.

[ChargerHound69]

I found the other style that screw up and down( need picture to explain it better ), but the ones I got are from a trunk lock.  They get the door to open and close, that is all I was worried about.

I will get some pictures when I get a chance.

[CaptMarvel]

When I painted my 68 grille a few years ago, I kicked around the idea of totally blacking out the interior grille pieces. I like the looks of that with just the surrounding silver part to contrast it. 

[ChargerAndy]

Im not sure what I think, better ship it to me for closer inspection heh heh    Dude, your car is gonna be a rocker, the grill looks great, keep up the great work brother! Andy ( BTW, my grille is the weak point of my car  )

[SeattleCharger]

Looks new.     Looks in great shape.      Curious, has anyone ever seen a '68 with the center (black) part of grill painted another color, like royal blue on a black car,? 

[NorwayCharger]

Some more progress.
I have powder coated the metall, and will do some fabrication for the actuators to fit

[blackcharger]

I lkie it, good job

Dave

[69fourspd]

Looks great! Cant wait to see it on the car!!! 

[ChargerHound69]

That looks great! 

What kind of headlights are those??

[BigBlockSam]

 

[Mike DC]

  
I think the "chromed" sides look great!

In fact, I've suspected for a long time that the "chromed" appearance is probably what the factory really had in mind for these grilles when they designed them.  If you look at what areas of the grille the factory painted silver, and look at what areas are covered in "chrome" trim, that's the impression I get.

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Great job!  

Now I wanna do that to my 1969 grille.

 

[dkn1997]

hey norway, you still using that "mirachrome" stuff?  It looks great!!!!

[Silver R/T]

nice grille the way i want to do mine