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i think i saw a 510 wagon if I recall with something similar but only have the phone on my old ipod.

 

Wasn't to my taste but it wasn't my car to judge!

 

If you like the idea, try it! worst that can happen is you don't like it. 

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Heres my 620..i took a Stull grill meant for a van..sectioned it & welded it back together. Did'nt have to recess the headlights at all & i made new brackets for to mount the grill. Be fair warned that in CA you may get a fixit ticket for "covering your headlights" if you run a similar grill.

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Years ago (1978) there was a truck that was called "Pestilence". It had hidden headlights, not just behind a grille. The truck was out of central California. He built the covers on a track system where they were spring loaded to pull inward at night by hitting a switch:

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 That was the only truck I have even seen with that idea where a material totally covers the headlights, not the lights behind a grille:

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Jimmy Conner had covers made that kept His headlights from being broken out during off road racing. This is not matching the grille though like on a Charger.

 

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There are always "different" ideas like these:

 

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  Whaletail ? ? ? ?

 

(I like the OTHER type of whaletails better! ! ! ) 

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I played a bit with idea of making a phantom grille from datto grilles yesterday.

 

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Two grilles don't quite have enough ribs to do a full phantom. With the outside lights exposed, one mounting hole lines up and the other sits right next to the end top bracket, which would be a really easy way to do it, but it'd be nicer with the early style bucket grilles, but the ribs are different on that one, thinner, and they'd be a shame to cut up.

 

I think I'm going to source a third grille and trim out everything inside the border and then trim the border from these pieces, leaving just the flat top and bottom plates and glue them in behind the solid border, then all the mounting holes line up, no seams around the perimeter to blend and I'd have enough ribs to fully cover end to end. End pieces will the biggest challenge to fit right. I think there is very close to enough space behind the ribs as is to clear the headlights, only very minor trimming may be needed at the top and bottom of ribs where they hit the headlight edges. But I think with some standoffs and a bit of trimming of the oval openings, the headlight plates can be mounted behind the rad support, by flipping the square plastic nut inserts and screwing them towards the front, gaining an inch or so on the bulb depth. I may try that and recess the ribs more so the grille opening is deeper.

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Oh, I also want to mount a piece of chrome trim, maybe just 3/8" rod or square bar, in the rib notches in between the headlights, think that will add some pop. Toyed with running chromed wire down the valley on the front edge of each rib, but seems like a lot of work. Maybe if I can get a wire fab shop to make me like 80 from a template, I'm not bending that many wires to fit.

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