Restoration of Canadian Scout Car Ford Lynx I, Mk.III No.1726

[lynx42]

Originally Posted by lynx42

The diamond pattern mesh grill only was slightly damaged and not beyond repair even though it was lying out side for so long. This grill is the same open diamonds shaped extrusion as a Chev Blitz radiator grill. Strange as it is a Ford product not a Chev.

Found some photos of the grill after it had spent quite a long time in the molasses tank and after pressure washing and wire brushing. You can see how well the molasses tank works.

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The top corner was quite bad and required quite a bit of work.

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I then started to repair it by welding new bits into the grill where they had been damaged or cut out.

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The grill has a folder edge around it and this had been cut and was also missing in parts, so it was a case of bending up a replacement and welding it into place.

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The mesh section is like flattened wire. I found some fencing wire the right size and proceeded to flatten it with a hammer on an anvil. I was really surprise how many inches I had to flatten to repair the whole grill. The mesh goes into the edging all the way to the inside of the bend, so as you can see there was quite a bit to add in places. I bent each length of wire into a wavy section the same shape as the mesh and used the oxy-acetylene to weld them as needed.

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Rick.