{"id":718,"date":"2016-09-05T09:57:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T17:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/?p=718"},"modified":"2016-11-13T11:29:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T19:29:54","slug":"installing-a-pines-winterfront-grille-on-a-1932-ford-vicky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"Installing a Pines Winterfront Grille on a 1932 Ford Vicky"},"content":{"rendered":"

From fuzzy dice and dummy spots to license plate toppers and laminated dash knobs, accessories have always helped define a car. Unfortunately, some don\u2019t know when to stop. It can turn an otherwise cool car into a rolling curio cabinet.<\/p>\n

Then there are guys like Don Triolo. His cars are so subtle that it\u2019s easy to walk right by \u2018em. The exquisite craftsmanship, the perfect stance, the flawless finishes; they\u2019re all lost on the unwashed masses. But we know, don\u2019t we? His cars stop us dead in our tracks.
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\nDon\u2019s \u201932 Vicky was no exception, and when it rolled into our shop it was sporting just two accessories: a vintage rearview mirror-clock, and a set of original Lions wire wheel covers. When Ford introduced its steel disk wheel in 1936, millions of \u201935 and older Ford wire wheels instantly became old hat. For a few bucks, a fellow could walk into Western Auto, buy a set of Lions caps, mount \u2018em over his spokes, and be totally current. If they look familiar, it\u2019s because you\u2019ve seen them on the Roy Brizio-restored Vic Edelbrock deuce roadster. They’re ultra-rare, and they\u2019re really handsome.
\n\"\"<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don had a third accessory he wanted us to install on his Vicky: a Pines Winterfront<\/em> grille insert. These inserts feature vertical vanes that can be opened and closed with a control knob mounted under the dash. In cold weather they\u2019re closed to keep your flathead warm and comfortable. When it\u2019s hot, they\u2019re opened to allow free air flow to the radiator. Also extremely rare, they’re the holy grail of Deuce accessories — and they\u2019re priced accordingly.
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\nWe pulled the grille shell, removed the original insert and fit the new Winerfront. It takes some time, but with four hands we were able to set the insert uniformly into the surrounding shell. We suspected that once it was in place though, its added depth would cause it to hit the headlight bar. We were right. We built a jig, applied a big dose of armstrong, and added just enough arc to clear the trim.
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When Don found the insert it included a coupler and cable-mounting hardware. Designed to clamp to the radiator support rod, the parts looked like they had come straight from Home Depot.
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This Vicky deserved better, so we fabbed a new cable mount out of stainless, then added a small guide at the hood support mount to keep the cable from flopping around. We used one of the firewall liner mounting holes as a pass-through for the control cable. We had to fab a flanged and threaded grommet, but it saved us from drilling any new holes in the pristine firewall. Don had old photos of an original-style control knob and we were able to chuck a modern knob up in the lathe and shape it to match.
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The stainless trim on the Pines insert is just a hair wider than on the original, and the added visual heft perfectly complimented the stainless trim ring on the Lions disks. It\u2019s as if the two accessories were made to go together — but then we\u2019re guessing Don knew that all along.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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From fuzzy dice and dummy spots to license plate toppers and laminated dash knobs, accessories have always helped define a car. Unfortunately, some don\u2019t know when to stop. It can turn an otherwise cool car into a rolling curio cabinet. Then there are guys like Don Triolo. His cars are so subtle that it\u2019s easy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past_projects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1I3Pf-bA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}