Anyone built a grille?

[Footer]

Anyone have any experience with this company and their grille material?

https://www.customcargrills.com/index.asp

[wildfelr]

RQB3263/81 .... NEVER HEARD OF THEM BUT ILL BET THERE PLASTIC .... I FABED 3263 GRILL FROM STAINLESS STEEL...

[wildfelr]

RQB3263/81 .... THIS GRILL WAS FABED FROM PLASTIC WIN-DIXIE SHOPPING CART MATERIAL .... INDESTRUCTIBLE, EASILY REPLACEABLE,  ... AND FREE.....BILL IN FLORIDA

[Footer]

My 83 has no grille and I don’t see how one would be attached. Parts book isn’t much help. Looks like lots of options on materials. I’ve painted the air dam I got from Michael Phillips and was considering fabricating a grille as I was flopping around on the floor installing that.  Mike

[mfg]

2 hours ago, Footer said:

My 83 has no grille and I don’t see how one would be attached. Parts book isn’t much help. Looks like lots of options on materials. I’ve painted the air dam I got from Michael Phillips and was considering fabricating a grille as I was flopping around on the floor installing that.  Mike

If you mean how would you install the stainless steel factory grille, you would only need to utilize the factory mounting holes in the fiberglass, which should already be there……I’m pretty sure every ‘83 Avanti left the factory with that stainless steel grille.

If your car has had bodywork and the mounting holes for the grille were not drilled, it would be easy to drill the required  grille mounting holes in the fiberglass.

[Footer]

No holes and no grille. 3 options - try and find a factory grille, build a grille, or leave it out. 

[Dwight FitzSimons]

I've always thought Avantis look better without a grille.  But, to protect the radiator, some kind of near-invisible grille is needed.  It should be flat black, of low restriction, and just in front of the radiator.  I'll have to fashion one for my '63 project Avanti, which came to me without one.  -- Dwight

Edited Saturday at 04:49 PM by Dwight FitzSimons

[mfg]

8 hours ago, Dwight FitzSimons said:

I've always thought Avantis look better without a grille.  But, to protect the radiator, some kind of near-invisible grille is needed.  It should be flat black, of low restriction, and just in front of the radiator.  I'll have to fashion one for my '63 project Avanti, which came to me without one.  -- Dwight

Yes I made up a ‘radiator protector’… as you describe… for my own ‘grill less’ ‘63.

[Footer]

I agree with the black for the grille. Lots of options for materials out there. 
 

[mfg]

I used black window screening held in place with wire ties looped through factory unused holes in the radiator core support… Not too pretty, but basically invisible, and it does give good protection to the (now quite expensive) radiator core!

[brad]

I did one Avanti that someone installed a 62 Lark grille directly in front of the radiator. It bolted to the core support, and was basically flush right in front of the radiator and offered good protection.