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Shop-Made Grill For Allis-Chalmers 185
Replacement grills for older tractors are hard to find, so Doug Barlow made his own. All it took was a good eye, steady hands, angle iron, cattle panel and expanded sheet metal.
“The front grill on the Allis-Chalmers 185 I was rebuilding was missing,” says Barlow. “The company that used to make a fiberglass replica seemed to have gone out of business, so I decided to make my own.”
Barlow used scrap 1-in. angle iron for the frame and filled the top half with a piece of 1/8-in. expanded sheet metal. However, the bottom half of the grill covers the air filter housing, and he wanted it visible.
“I used the expanded sheet metal for the top half for protection,” he says. “I used a section of cattle panel for the bottom half to see the air filter housing and would be reminded when I needed to change the filter.”
Barlow designed his replacement grill to match the flanges that held eyebolts for the original grill. “It took very little time, turned out great and is durable,” he says. I like it so much that I don’t want an original now.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Doug Barlow, Trenton, Fla. (doug.barlow@protonmail.com).


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