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D@#*n Pigeon!

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I'm a bad man.
Having an absolutely spectacular morning...cruising along at about 65 in the Healey...She's running great...looking good...
until a pigeon flew down from under an overpass right in front of my car. Slam!
And instead of thinking 'Oh, the poor bird', I'm thinking 'Oh no! What did it do to my car!'
THAT LITTLE SUCKER DESTROYED MY GRILL!!
So, I've come to terms with the fact that I'm a heartless killer.
Now I need to know where to get a replacement for grill. Any suggestions?
 

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ouch (for both of you!) You can get the entire replacement grille from all the major vendors or you can buy just the individual slats (they are all the same length) from someone like Moss and pop rivet them in place. It's much less expensive to just replace the damaged slats BUT the alum anodized finish will most likely be different .. especially if your slats are weathered or polished more than the factory finish.

Cheers,
John
 
That little sucker destroyed my grill--- /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
OH, Just buy a new one.However,
when approaching an underpass in the future slow to 15MPH as pidgeons may be lurking about.---Keoke- /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Thanks John. I'll try to replace the individual slats first. Didn't know I could do that.

Keoke, Tahoe- Next time I'll be aiming!
 
I had a bird strike in Germany near Ramstein AFB. Took out the window of my Ford Capri (I was doing about 100MPH on the Autobahn). It scared the be jesus out of me.
 
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