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I believe I have a front grille on my ‘38 buisness coupe that strongly resembles the factory grille. I want to make it look like it did when it rolled off the assembly line. I know the top center badge it displayed “Chevrolet “ was painted. What I am unclear about is if there were color stripes on other areas of the grille. Maybe some of the horizontal bars?

Could someone post a picture of a factory correct looking grill so I have a guide to reference?

Thanks!

Craig

. This is a picture of a truck grille but stripes are same as passenger car. . You can pay to have a pin striper do a nice job or get some tape and nail polish and do it at a car show. Caution: Nail polish is lacquer paint but it is not UV resistance and needs to be restriped every few years. . The emblem should also be painted but that is beyond my talent.
. . Lou .
PS: I paid a professional to pin stripe the Gigalo Green along my body belt. .

Below are pictures of my 38 pre and post restoration. The pre pictures shows traces of the original paint which I duplicated and shows in the other pic. Be sure to etch the surface where you're going to put the paint or it won't stick. Also I'm not being critical but it's not necessary to say "front" grill. There's only one grill on a 38 Chevy and it's on the front. It's kind of like when people say 'front' headlights or 'rear' tail lights. Where else would they be?