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Custom Grille It

Build a custom grille for your dashboard

Most people think building anything from raw metal is too difficult for anyone but an accomplished craftsman. Thats because fabricating something such as the custom dashboard insert shown here is not like building an enginethere is no set way to accomplish the task. But there are basic techniquessuch as what materials to use, how to bend and shape the pieces to the proper dimensions and how to weld the pieces togetherthat, if heeded, will allow you to build almost anything. To learn some of these basics, we followed along as the fabricators at Tri-C Engineering in Valencia, California, built a custom dashboard insert for a hot rod 53 Buick convertible.