1961 Grille tear down and re-assembly

[P. Manoogian]

By far one of the most difficult tasks. Impossible without the tool. The final assembled pic shows the two bottom thick verticals in wrong position. Since pics, this was resolved. Happy to help anyone going through this or thinking about it.

TIPS - use screen cord to replace brittle rubber inside bullets
        - Sand off the anodize on front edge of thick verticals and horizontals and buff to high gloss
         - wrap tape around eraser end of pencil to fin snug inside bullet. This is a great way to hold the bullet to the buffing wheel.

[marty55cdv]

  Looks great did you get the bullets re-anodized ? It is getting tough to find anodizers that still do bright dip here in Utah

[P. Manoogian]

No. I mounted, one at a time (all 60) on the eraser side of a pencil wrapped in masking tape  and then polished with Rouge on my buffer
Today I did the headlight grilles.

[JefBenitez]

By far one of the most difficult tasks. Impossible without the tool. The final assembled pic shows the two bottom thick verticals in wrong position. Since pics, this was resolved. Happy to help anyone going through this or thinking about it.

TIPS - use screen cord to replace brittle rubber inside bullets
        - Sand off the anodize on front edge of thick verticals and horizontals and buff to high gloss
        - wrap tape around eraser end of pencil to fin snug inside bullet. This is a great way to hold the bullet to the buffing wheel.

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread but trying to find out anything on the J-7667 tool is almost as bad as trying to get the bloody clips back on without it!

Did you have a source for this tool, I cant seem to find it for sale anywhere on line?  Taking apart the grill was interesting but not the end of the world but trying to get the new clips on whilst holding the bullets together is really something!

Cheers
Mat