auburnseeker Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I have an NOS heavy Die Cast Chrome plated grille I purchased at a local car show and have been unable to find a match. I was told by the seller they thought it was to a Lancia but I haven't found any matches. I think it's Foreign and late 1950's or early 1960's. It's pretty intricate. Aston Martin used a similar grille but the quality doesn't look good enough for them. Any guesses? The part number looks like a joke to me as it's stamped 01234567 and ABCDEFG. It's about 39 and 1/2 inches wide by 13 and 1/2 inches tall. It's actually made in 2 pieces as well with the smaller arched one being bolted to the bottom or larger piece. I'm not sure which way is right side up so I shot it both ways. I'm thinking the first way may be the correct orientation. It also has a very slight curve to it. Probably about a 1/2 inch overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanski Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 1962 Toyota Crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyther8008 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) 1962 Toyota Crown.could be had me fooled being upside down mesh looks finer and has less of a curve to the bottom face on this one. Edited September 3, 2014 by leyther8008 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 That's the closest latch so far but I have to agree not a match. It has normal letters and numbers so I don't think it's Japanese in manufacture. Thanks for the guess though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanski Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The station wagon looks like 1963...check 1962. I had some troubles to find a picture of 1962 Crown but here's one: http://bestcars.uol.com.br/cpassado3/toyota-crown-2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyther8008 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The station wagon looks like 1963...check 1962. I had some troubles to find a picture of 1962 Crown but here's one: http://bestcars.uol.com.br/cpassado3/toyota-crown-2.htmThat looks spot on funny how there's no other photos on google even! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanski Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 What makes you think that there are no other photos in Google? There are but it takes time to find the correct ones; when googling 1962 Toyota Crown you have hundreds of pictures of Crowns from 1950s to 2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyther8008 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 But not immediatly if you google 62 Toyota Crown seems to show 63 Crowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 That's the closest latch so far but I have to agree not a match. It has normal letters and numbers so I don't think it's Japanese in manufacture. Thanks for the guess though.The Japanese use the same numbers that we, and much of the world, uses. They also use the Roman alphabet (Romanji) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Maybe a 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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