Re: 1956 Senior Grille Question

Posted by HH56 On 2022/10/14 18:11:35

Several books said early production cars used steel which was chrome plated. The screens did rust as well as the all chrome grill sort of overwhelmed the front end and the chromed bars of the pot metal part got lost in the screen. As the story goes Cadillac introduced a grill with gold backing on one of their models and Packard styling liked the look so followed shortly after with the gold anodized aluminum screen.