1928 Pontiac Grill support rods ?

[Bruce_C]

Can some one post a picture of their grill support rods installed on a 1928 pontiac (rods that go between the cowel and the grill shell )?

 

I'm mocking up the body on my car to see what fits, and what parts are missing, and I don't have this particular part.

 

thanks in advance

Bruce

[GARY F]

if you belong to the Pontiac/Oakland club there is all sorts of support there.

[Guest]

All the "radiator tie rods" do is hold the "radiator shell"  in its proper position front to back.  The carriage bolts on the bottom of the rad shell frame hold the bottom of the rad shell in a left to right and fore and aft position and the  support pads adjust the height of the radiator shell.  None of these positions have any bearing on how anything else fits on the body for frame.  There sole job is to enable you to properly align the hood to the body and the rad shell to the hood.  These two adjustments are probably the hardest thing to line up right.  I think aligning the hood is harder than doing a wheel alignment.