Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Need Creative Suggestions

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Paint everything behind the radiator black. Put an AMO grill badge in
the middle of the grill.
"Doc"



 
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• From: paxiljunki <paxiljunki@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:57:20 -0700 (PDT)

the plastic grille on my 78 gremlin was broken and a
previous owner had replaced it with a piece of metal
from another car. i replaced the fugly metal piece
with a do-it-yourself expanded aluminum grille. it
took some time and patience, but i cut the aluminum
mesh down to size and placed the turn signal lights in
it.

what i didn't realize is that by painting it black,
everything behind the grille would be visible in
certain lighting situations. d'oh! the turn signals
seem to be floating in front of a very ugly hood latch
and radiator. this also draws attention to the crooked
positioning of the lights, which i can fix if i choose
to mess with the aluminum mesh some more.

this is bothering me a lot. i should have left it in
all it's blingy glory (the aluminum mesh looked pretty
good). i could repaint it a shiny fake metal color,
but it will just be one more layer of craptacularness.
so instead, i'm brainstorming the creation of some
sort of emblem to attach to the center of the grille
to distract the viewer from the dirty radiator
goodness behind it.

any suggestions for creatively solving this ugly
problem?  i'd rather not buy another grille kit.  and
i really didn't like the original grilles for the
77-78 gremlin, so buying one of those isn't a
solution.

did amc make any really big logo emblems?  AMC?  AMC
colors?  a big gremlin?

-pax (kicking herself)

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