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: strighten it or replace it?


1cool65
Dec 15th, 02, 10:03 PM
i have a 65 chevelle grill the is a little bent up. they are not really dents but more like bends and twists. would it be better to try th fix it or replace it?

thanks

Rich-L79
Dec 15th, 02, 10:46 PM
It depends on what you want. If it is an original (1965) grill, it will look better if you have it straightened and anodized than the currently available replacement grills. Very likely it will cost about the same for either route. The currently available grills are stamped poorly and have very indistinct creases thus my preference for the original grills which are stamped out much more precisely and with sharper contours.

Either way you have to take it off and put it back on so labor efforts are the same as well.

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