looking for a cheap perfect condition grill for a 71 f-250

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so im restoring my 1871 f-250 camper special im painting it midnight metallic black and doing the trim and all chrome black hopefully it'll look sick. my grill looks good but has a few dents so i need a mint condition (as far as no dents, cracks or anything like that. so if anybody has a front grille im looking for the whole shell i will buy or i will trade with cash iniciative hmu if u got 1
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Cheap & perfect grill do not belong in the same sentence. That outside frame is something like $600 repro
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doesntknowmuch wrote:so im restoring my 1871 f-250 camper special im painting it midnight metallic black and doing the trim and all chrome black hopefully it'll look sick. my grill looks good but has a few dents so i need a mint condition (as far as no dents, cracks or anything like that. so if anybody has a front grille im looking for the whole shell i will buy or i will trade with cash iniciative hmu if u got 1
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If your grille only has a few ding in it and getting painted then why not fix it before you paint it ? If you find a cheap grille then its going to have a lot of dents in it, If you find a perfect grille then your wallet is going to get a big dent in it.
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doesntknowmuch wrote:so im restoring my 1871 f-250 camper special im painting it midnight metallic black and doing the trim and all chrome black hopefully it'll look sick. my grill looks good but has a few dents so i need a mint condition (as far as no dents, cracks or anything like that. so if anybody has a front grille im looking for the whole shell i will buy or i will trade with cash iniciative hmu if u got 1
know there's more but I'm trying to help.
What do you consider a mint grille? As was pointed out, mint grille shell $600.00 Inserts $85.00 each (I think) Headlight doors $75.00 each (I think) What's your budget? I have a couple.
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Thanks i didnt really get the chance to be on till now, i was able to buy a 1970 f-250 cs for 250 bucks so i git my grill, now i need to get it running so i can hopefully trade it for a powerstoke or idi diese my current 360 fe has a C6 tranny which i dont like so itll prolly be that one ill try and trade
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good luck with that!
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I bought an entire truck once, just so I could swap out the grilles...... and I did a little repair on the other truck and sold it for a little more than I paid for it.... that was a cheap nice grille.
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