'62 - '64 Grilles wanted

[Airspeed]

I'm looking for a pair of the '62-64 grilles for my car. These are the ones with the thick centre bar and which fit the later type front panel - any help much appreciated!

[Pazosvic]

Hi - I have a very good set ( I am assuming you have an Amazon) and will be listing on ebay this coming weekend.

[Airspeed]

I'm 8 posts away from being able to send you a pm to talk you out of that!

I believe I can email you, if not you can contact me on bob.sloan@hotmail.com

[agent_strangelove]

Sorry to say, the '62-64 grills/surrounds will NOT fit the later ('65-70) nose....


Chris

[Amazonites]

Originally Posted by Pazosvic

Hi - I have a very good set ( I am assuming you have an Amazon) and will be listing on ebay this coming weekend.

Any photo's and how much ???


Ian.

[Airspeed]

I asked the question on this thread - http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=148402

The upshot seemed to be that 62 onwards all grilles are interchangeable - have you tried this swap yourself Chris? I'd like to know for sure before buying grilles that won't fit the holes...

[agent_strangelove]

Sorry it's taken me a few days to get back to you...

The thread you sited has both agreements and disagreements with them fitting. I side with Derek that they are different.

See my attached photos. I had a late nose laying about and took some photos. The first photo show the extra ear for mounting the later grills. Yes, you might cut this off to get the '62-64 surrounds to fit. But if you look at photo #2 you will see a surround fitted into the hole of the later nose. It doesn't come out right. Yes, you could get the surround cut down a bit and might be able to get that to fit. But if you look at photo #3, there are no mounting hooks on the back bottom of the openning to hold the screen of the '62-64 assembly in place. If this were a '62-64 nose, there would be three sheet metal hook spot welded on the back side to hold the screen in place while a couple of screw came from to the top of the nose to provided upward tension on the upper end of the screen. Yes, I guess you could weld your own hooks on there to do this...

I hope this clears it up for you....


Chris

[Airspeed]

Thanks Chris, that saves me a lot of hassle. I could have made the changes needed with a cut here and a weld there as required, but I painted the bare shell last weekend and have no intention of breaking out the mig now!

However, in the future when I get to my Amazon estate I may revisit this - at least I know what is involved now.

If only those grilles weren't so darned good looking....