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Old 02-13-2008, 01:51 PM   #36 (permalink)
metroschultz
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Talking ?High Fashion?

Here is a wonderful pic of my front grill block.
Lovingly laid out in fashionable black duct tape.
Amazingly functional.
If you look closely you can see some of the ripped front cover. The tape is also holding some of the center portion up, the end is pulled from the fender but that is hard to tell. That's why I went and acquired the non torn unit from my favorite boneyard.



The tape is layered on in vertical strips.
Starting from the outside and working toward the center.
I thought this through and decided -- if i need to remove for air i can remove one strip at a time. Building my flow from the center back to the edges.
Some of my seams are pulling apart. Good thing this is the soon to be discarded bumper.



Now I need to get back to work on the Dodge.
I already have a buyer and he wants me to mod it as much as possible before selling it.
But he also wants it to look close to stock.
Hmm, how much of the grill can I cover from the inside before I start loosing cooling?
I already know how to advance the cam without spending any great volume of cash.
That you will want to see.

More pics to follow.
S.
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Last edited by metroschultz; 02-15-2008 at 11:49 AM.. Reason: Left out some info.
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