"It's not unusual for chrome-plated thoughts to race through Willie Elder's mind when he browses Craigslist or eBay for odds-and-ends parts. Restoring vintage cars and trucks is his hobby.
So when he found the front end of a 1939 Dodge pickup for sale online, Elder naturally wanted it. He haggled the price down, as well as delivery — the seller was from Akron — and when the old Dodge rolled into his driveway in Greeley, Elder's mind's eye quite literally blazed.
“It was almost instant — I'm going to make a barbecue grill,” he recalls.
About a year of work later, the immense grill of the Dodge, a one-time asphalt truck coated in rust and tar, gleams along with the hood, headlights and fenders in its second life as, well, a high-horsepower grill.
“This is the beast,” Elder says as he pushes a remote-control button.
Guurrrrruuhummm goes the hood of the old Dodge, rising 3 feet via a motorized pulley and displaying the grill's impressive guts. They look remarkably like a 1930s-era V-8 engine."
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Car guru's skills turn into high-horsepower grill | Greeley Tribune
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