chrome grill on d17 ?
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Topic: chrome grill on d17 ?
Posted By: HudCo
Subject: chrome grill on d17 ?
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 10:08am
| has anyone had the grill chromed on their d17 ? wonder how it would look , i really need to get mine finished up and in the field so i quit dreaming these things up |
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Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 8:55pm
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Saw one on a D19 at a show a few years back. I didn't really care for it all that much. Would cost a lot more than paint and not look as good. ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 9:38pm
| And of it wasn't a perfectly straight grille screen, it would like like dog poo. |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 10:17pm
| my grill and shroud is perfect fenders no ,one hood side has afew ding . my first thought was to chrome the center piece between the hood sides , but that would be very annouying looking down that in the sun and would end up getting painted |
Posted By: Codger
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 10:28pm
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Local guy around here did his Series IV and didn't like it and replaced with another painted one. I think he still has the chromed one but I'd need to check. What really set his tractor off, (IMO) was chroming the control handles and shift levers. Those were a nice touch and did not approach gawdy. The tractor is a very nice restoration purchased new by the family at the implement dealer I help out.
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Posted By: truckerfarmer
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 5:29am
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If you want to see what it would look like, get a can of chrome spray paint. It won't be a perfect chrome, but it will at least give you an idea what it would look like. That way if you don't like it, you're only out about $10. ------------- Looking at the past to see the future. '53 WD, '53 WD45, WD snap coupler field cultivator, #53 plow,'53 HD5B dozer Duct tape.... Can't fix stupidity. But will muffle the sound of it! |
Posted By: snowman(MI)
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 4:14pm
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This is a picture of one of my grilles on a D-19 that Calvin Schmidt shared with me. Someone had this chromed.  ------------- 1950 WD, 1966 D-10 III, 1961 D-10 II, 1966 D-15 II Gas, A-C Minibike, 917 Hydro Mower, 917 Hydro Blower w/cab, West Michigan "Allis Express" |
Posted By: Ed (Ont)
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 5:45pm
I didn’t like the idea of a chrome grill. But that D19 looks good! 
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Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 8:30pm
| Maybe get a set of tall spoked chrome rims to go with the chrome grill. |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 04 May 2025 at 6:44am
After that he'll be installing a thumping stereo and a way to make it jump up and down at red lights on a tractor ride  ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Gary Burnett wrote:Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 04 May 2025 at 9:06am
| you know it that d19 grill dont look bad |
Posted By: bendts
Date Posted: 05 May 2025 at 7:43am
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Like these:  ------------- 1960 D17 Gas # 28849 |