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On the subject of R grills....

At Gerhart's last fall (Oct 2013)...

Leversole and I were sitting in his golf cart watching wimmin and trucks and eating Tootsie Rolls....

we were curious on the difference of the grills for an "eastern" R and a Western R. At first glance they look interchangeable but upon closer examination, the Western grill opening looks bigger. Is this in fact true? And why the difference?

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What bigdog has there is an F model (eastern) grille that works well in a standard R model(eastern) grille opening.That first one that Stretched out has a picture of,looks pretty cool as well.Nice update,not too gawty! I always thought the U700 grille was taller?

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IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA

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10-4 Vinny! Jake,yes they were mounted to the grille opening themselves.Mr. Hancock,thanks! Couldn't think of the name of that outfit.Didn't a guy get on here a few months back, that sells those grilles & other dress up (no paper dolls) items?

IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA

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What bigdog has there is an F model (eastern) grille that works well in a standard R model(eastern) grille opening.That first one that Stretched out has a picture of,looks pretty cool as well.Nice update,not too gawty! I always thought the U700 grille was taller?

Interesting,thanks for the info!They ordered this truck pretty nicely for the day...

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Yeah that is a combs grill superdog. They are $500. I would really like to find a louvre style grill but I haven't had any luck with that

I m ight be able to come up with a louver style grille for an R model, it would be custom made to measure so itll be expensive, but doable.

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where you find that one?

Combs Custom Manufacturing makes it. I almost bought one for my R when I put it back together. Kind of pricy for my tastes. Close to $500. I'll find a clean used one.

http://combscustommfg.com/mack_truck_bumpers_and_chrome_parts

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Could you get me pics of what louvre sizes are and what are thinking on price

Just have to send some measurements and pics to a couple vendors and see what they say, I dont have an R handy to get that stuff. If you can get a couple pics of the original and the measurements together Ill send it to Mike @ Chrome Country and go hang with him to get some info. He will be at the tractor pull with me friday the 31st and saturday the 1st and Ill have the computer with me so we could look at it then. Ryan B.

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