[DeTomaso] Any grill mesh reminants laying around?
Larry Stock
larrys at panteraparts.com
Wed Aug 9 18:58:40 EDT 2017
The grill is actually a brass mesh with a unique kink weave to it and it
is silver soldered to the SS frame and Bezel. A steel mesh will not look
right at all.
Larry Stock
On 8/9/17, 2:25 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 7/31/17 12:39:08 PM,
> detomaso at server.detomasolist.com writes:
>
> A previous owner cut holes in the mesh in the top right and left
> corners for turn signals. It looks like it won't be too hard to
> weave in some replacement wire. Does anyone have some scrap pieces
> of this stuff?
>
> Ken,
> It will be impossible to find wire cloth of the exact same dimensions.
> However, it isn't hard to get replacement wire that is 99.9% the same;
> the smart thing is to just replace the whole grille rather than trying
> to patch it.
> I got a sample from the Howard Wire Cloth Company, in Hayward CA.
> www.howardwire.com
> Ask for
> 2 Mesh
> .080 wire
> plain steel
> It is virtually indistinguishable from the original, but just different
> enough that you probably can't use it for a patch.
> Mike
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