Farmall A Front Grille

[Packer Fan]

I took the front grill to my local body shop and he said it would be tough for him to make this look decent. He would have to spend a lot of time and money and he could not promise show quality results. Can I buy a front grille in a parts house? can I buy parts for the grille and put it together myself? What are my options.

 

[ih560]

(quoted from post at 12:16:11 05/12/08) I took the front grill to my local body shop and he said it would be tough for him to make this look decent. He would have to spend a lot of time and money and he could not promise show quality results. Can I buy a front grille in a parts house? can I buy parts for the grille and put it together myself? What are my options.

You can buy them but for a complete grill they run from $500 to $600.

 

[Andy Motteberg]

You can find a good used grille, post a wanted ad in the YT Classified Ads on the left, or Steiner sells them new for $595.00 plus shipping.

 

[Daniel H.]

You can also buy the individual sections, bottom, center and top from Steiners

 

[Oldiron29]

Packer, You can get grill parts or complete from www.external_link 800-link_disallowed

 

[big fred]

It may be that the body shop you went to is busy and isn't looking for more work. Unless your grill is really in bad shape, it shouldn't present a huge problem for a good body man. You might try another shop if there's on in your area. Around here, though, having a pro do the bodywork is still going to cost more than buying replacement sheetmetal. Bodyshops have a lot of overhead, and have to charge accordingly, but you might find a shop that's willing to cut you a good deal if you don't have a rigid timetable to get the job done. Better to have a bodyman working and bringing in $20/hr than to have him standing around or pushing a broom and not making any money for the shop.

 

[Cue P.]

I believe www.oemtractorparts.com makes them as well.