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Re: What grille should i run? Opinions pls

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I like the 70' to 72' surround the best. As for the inserts, 70' and 71', probably the 71'.

A full chrome 67' grill is pretty sweet.
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mk wrote:The '70 is my favorite too, but the 68/69 Ranger grills without the coon eyes are a close second :D

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without? seriously? i always longed for the "coon eye" look back when i was running my original grille
mcheath wrote:I like the 70' to 72' surround the best. As for the inserts, 70' and 71', probably the 71'.

A full chrome 67' grill is pretty sweet.
yeah i've got more than a few shots of my truck somewhere wearing one of those beauties (and a decent-ish paintjob) ,i think it looked pretty bloody nifty ...man i wish i knew where that album is
- still got my first first car 20+yrs later : 69 f100 sorta kinda pretending its a Mercury M100 w/a 70 f350 sport custom cab (factory buckets) 67 grille with 69 ranger cooneyes 68 merc box and hood,some supercool fiberglass fenders i scored way back when, 76 f150 disc brake frontend..currently running a 90 5.0HO 4bbl/c4 auto & 3.50 posi...originally a 360/c6 f100 Ranger with dealer added towpack (incl. kelsey hays trailer brake),boxside toolbox,behind the seat stowage & belly tank...only original parts left on 'er are the frame,rear end,rear springs,and rear bumper...
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okay i thought about it for a short minute and i can post a pic......so here's a pic of the 70 grille before it got dinged up,this pics about 1 1/2 years old i've changed a few things on the truck since then
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- still got my first first car 20+yrs later : 69 f100 sorta kinda pretending its a Mercury M100 w/a 70 f350 sport custom cab (factory buckets) 67 grille with 69 ranger cooneyes 68 merc box and hood,some supercool fiberglass fenders i scored way back when, 76 f150 disc brake frontend..currently running a 90 5.0HO 4bbl/c4 auto & 3.50 posi...originally a 360/c6 f100 Ranger with dealer added towpack (incl. kelsey hays trailer brake),boxside toolbox,behind the seat stowage & belly tank...only original parts left on 'er are the frame,rear end,rear springs,and rear bumper...
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The coon eye's is what sets off the ranger grill
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thats what i've always thought its also why i wanna try the coon eyes with the 67 grille
- still got my first first car 20+yrs later : 69 f100 sorta kinda pretending its a Mercury M100 w/a 70 f350 sport custom cab (factory buckets) 67 grille with 69 ranger cooneyes 68 merc box and hood,some supercool fiberglass fenders i scored way back when, 76 f150 disc brake frontend..currently running a 90 5.0HO 4bbl/c4 auto & 3.50 posi...originally a 360/c6 f100 Ranger with dealer added towpack (incl. kelsey hays trailer brake),boxside toolbox,behind the seat stowage & belly tank...only original parts left on 'er are the frame,rear end,rear springs,and rear bumper...
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Here's a better picture
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nice truck man ,totally reminds me of the "leftover" truck my bro and i threw together (which is where my 69 grille came from)....only in way nicer shape and a shortbox :lol:
- still got my first first car 20+yrs later : 69 f100 sorta kinda pretending its a Mercury M100 w/a 70 f350 sport custom cab (factory buckets) 67 grille with 69 ranger cooneyes 68 merc box and hood,some supercool fiberglass fenders i scored way back when, 76 f150 disc brake frontend..currently running a 90 5.0HO 4bbl/c4 auto & 3.50 posi...originally a 360/c6 f100 Ranger with dealer added towpack (incl. kelsey hays trailer brake),boxside toolbox,behind the seat stowage & belly tank...only original parts left on 'er are the frame,rear end,rear springs,and rear bumper...
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Whateverman wrote:okay i thought about it for a short minute and i can post a pic......so here's a pic of the 70 grille before it got dinged up,this pics about 1 1/2 years old i've changed a few things on the truck since then
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I'd like to see your truck with the billet inserts from LMC. :)
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:lol: tell ya what : get em to send them to me for free and i'll put em in the dinged up grill shell :lol:

it would look sweet ,but the grille shell needs a bunch of hammer and dolly work (and polishing and so on ) that i don't really want to bother with right now AND i already have 3 pretty nice grille sitting around so....yeah,the 70's not gonna stay...
- still got my first first car 20+yrs later : 69 f100 sorta kinda pretending its a Mercury M100 w/a 70 f350 sport custom cab (factory buckets) 67 grille with 69 ranger cooneyes 68 merc box and hood,some supercool fiberglass fenders i scored way back when, 76 f150 disc brake frontend..currently running a 90 5.0HO 4bbl/c4 auto & 3.50 posi...originally a 360/c6 f100 Ranger with dealer added towpack (incl. kelsey hays trailer brake),boxside toolbox,behind the seat stowage & belly tank...only original parts left on 'er are the frame,rear end,rear springs,and rear bumper...
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Heres a truck with the billet inserts. Picture is not good but you can tell what they look like on a truck.
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yeah that does look sweet....really sweet...man, if i wasn't paying off the latest addition to my guitar collection and/or too lazy to fiddle around straightening out the grille i would totally buy those...
- still got my first first car 20+yrs later : 69 f100 sorta kinda pretending its a Mercury M100 w/a 70 f350 sport custom cab (factory buckets) 67 grille with 69 ranger cooneyes 68 merc box and hood,some supercool fiberglass fenders i scored way back when, 76 f150 disc brake frontend..currently running a 90 5.0HO 4bbl/c4 auto & 3.50 posi...originally a 360/c6 f100 Ranger with dealer added towpack (incl. kelsey hays trailer brake),boxside toolbox,behind the seat stowage & belly tank...only original parts left on 'er are the frame,rear end,rear springs,and rear bumper...
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$700 just for the grill shell and another $200 for the billet inserts :eek: I definitely have to find me a spare grill before they are all gone!!!! :pray:
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michael69 wrote:$700 just for the grill shell and another $200 for the billet inserts :eek: I definitely have to find me a spare grill before they are all gone!!!! :pray:
The billet inserts are $219.95.
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68 Ford Stepside wrote:
michael69 wrote:$700 just for the grill shell and another $200 for the billet inserts :eek: I definitely have to find me a spare grill before they are all gone!!!! :pray:
Probably the straight ones are already gone.
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