Another Quality Grill repair by Dave Tumas

Last Saturday Dave Tumas hopped on a plane and delivered a 71 GS Grill he repaired and repainted for me. (He works for US Air.) The grill was nice to start with, but it still had some cracks and a small piece missing. We took it out of the box and compared it to my NOS grille and the two were virtually identical. The colors were so close it wasn't worth talking about. To be honest the paint job on the repaired grill looked better then the NOS one.

Hats off to Dave Tumas for saving another part and bringing it up to show quality.
Duane

 

Does Dave have a website?
How about an email address? I may have some business for him....
:Brow:

 

If Dave can do a 70, he may have some more business!

 

Shoot him an e-mail or a PM -

Dave's V8Buick Profile

 

I'll have to post a pic of my restored grille that Dave did.

Now if I only had the friggin car to put it on I'd be all set.

 

Ken, please do post a pic. I'd like to see before and after, if you have them.

thanks,

 

Damn, I wish I had a before. I can tell you, it was rough. It had all kinds of spider cracks and distortions in the middle from periodic fender benders and years of torque in every which direction. , not to mention broken studs and cracked teeth everywhere.

He welded (plastic) the studs back on and made all the repairs and straightened it and painted it. A steel reinforcement plate smack dead center, used to strengthen and hold the nose from distorting anymore, is perfectly hidden by the center portion of the grille surround.

As I said, I wish I had the damn car back to put it on. :blast:

I will post a pic when I get a chance.

 

HUH?? Oh sorry Ken, I was distracted by GSXJuiced avatar!:Brow: :grin:

Yeah thanks post a pic when you can please. Costs???

thanks

 

LOL!

No kidding, I'm still trying to recover from the Brittany thread. :Brow:

 

Oh yeah.....costs. ou:

I think I'll actually leave that up to Dave. Put it this way, you could have a nicer, or AS nice as NOS grille, for A LOT LESS!

 

I thought there was going to be some labor costs involved, not to mention shipping & handling!:eek2: We'll see.

Hmmm, if its TOO MUCH, I'm just going to have to learn a new skill I guess. o No:

 

Guys you can see pics I posted of a 69 grille I did for Duane at this thread http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27268 Looks like I will probably be getting very busy real soon now that the cat is out of the bag. I have some before and after pictures I willl be posting after I get them developed.
Duane
Thanks for the positive post, I enjoyed the day and the Philly steak and cheese.


Dave

 

Dave,
No problem with the post, you deserved it for the work you did. If you get my other 69 GS Grill done and bring it up I will take you to an even better restaurant. Hope to see you at the Nats this year, it would be great to have you help judge the Concours Class again.
Duane

 

Dave,was that you who bought the two broken 71 GS grilles on Ebay from me? I have a near NOS 71 GS grille,and a VERY nice driver grille for a spare.:Brow: I hope you can make something good out of the two broken ones:TU:

 

Keith

Yes that was me. The pair of grilles will be a challenge to get a nice one. I will have some parts to help with my side work. let me know if you want to get your spare grille redone in the future.

Dave