New (used) IH 7500 Dump Truck purchase, modification & fix up

[BigBlue1]

For $900 I'd rather get an artistic metalworker to make something unique and bad-ass!

Along those lines but maybe simpler...

I assume the grille consists of a surrounding chrome piece that bolts to the frame and has the vertical slats in it? If so, consider removing all the slats and having a local machine shop/fab shop make some type of similar (or unique) inserts that can be bolted to the surround. Even something as simple as some aluminum expanded metal with a band around it for mounting tabs could work and would be pretty cheap.

 

[Hay Dude]

Along those lines but maybe simpler...

I assume the grille consists of a surrounding chrome piece that bolts to the frame and has the vertical slats in it? If so, consider removing all the slats and having a local machine shop/fab shop make some type of similar (or unique) inserts that can be bolted to the surround. Even something as simple as some aluminum expanded metal with a band around it for mounting tabs could work and would be pretty cheap.

I want to replace the grille really bad. Looks like **** lol
I will keep looking on Ebay, VanDerhaags, etc.