Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Tuesday Tech: Bronco Grills

Making your Bronco stand out from the crowd isn't always easy. It seems so many Bronco owners choose the same aftermarket parts.

One way you can give your Bronco a different look is with the grill.

Bronco enthusiasts know that Bronco grills were almost always painted an accent color. Usually, Wimbledon White or argent silver and in later years even black. While some were painted the main body color


examples below:


If your Bronco was Wimbledon White, then your grill probably matched the body color







In the later years the silver/argent color was used more often





Check out this grill from a Canadian 1966 Bronco, the paint follows the eyebrow trim.




This is the prototype and where the 1966 Bronco probably got its "eyebrows" from. 


another option when painting the grill, put the paint line on the high curve of the grill




As seen in the pictures above, many Broncos (especially the early ones) came with painted headlight rings. Later one chrome rings were installed on many models (Sport, Ranger etc).

This owner decided to gold plate his headlight rings and F O R D grill letters


The Dune Duster promotional Bronco built by George Barris





You could chrome plate your grill, but then it would not match the fenders where they meet. See below

I would like to get a chrome plated one, then remove the chrome from the outside edges and paint those areas body color...


Like this one:



On this one the owner chromed the grill, then painted the outer edges....they took it one step further by blacking out some of the grill bars



Same idea, only in paint only, no chrome




You could black out the whole grill including the lights




Black out and leave just the center bar body color?



You could cut out the center and install a tube grill



Adding screen or expanded metal behind the grill will change its appearance. 




You could build one out of wood.




Or maybe redesign it, update it, these two were done by Velocity Restorations





This is the grill created for the ICON Bronco



Here are a few that use the large FORD letters like the Raptor.









Another one that is completely different


another one that is different....




Someone is now selling reproduction grill emblems that spell out BRONCO....




And Dynacorn sells a reproduction grill with no raised FORD letters, you could make your own custom grill that looks factory.

Something like this:



Another option is to buy a kit or redesign it to look like the new Bronco





The ones below are from Desert Classic Mustangs






Here are a couple from the Zero Labs electric Bronco



Here is the Protofab Bronco, which has retro-fitted square lights, diamond plate and square tubing



Another one





This one is from the Bronco nuts at LAL customs


This one has a serious retro-euro vibe to it



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