1972 pinto grille broken?

I just bought a ford pinto 1972 which I'm fixing up thanfully its just minor things and a new paint job anyway it came with the grille but its broken not by a lot just one small cut on the top bar. Is it fixable or should I just by a new universal grille trim since old grilles are so hard to find?

Unless you're building a hotrod out of that car and want to completely redo it and add a big V8 I would't even fit it, its not like the car is worth anything or is collectible, duct tape it up if you are worried about it
the pinto was not even worth a lot when it was new, it was a joke in the 70s and 80s to own one so at best its semi cool in a kitschy way now but still an unsafe and ugly car

Sounds like some type of "crazy" glue would fix it, or you can contact some auto wrecking yards to see if they can locate a grille

Epoxy (Qicksteel, JB Weld etc) can be sanded and painted. I've repaired bumpers and grilles with it.

Why not join an owner's forum, where everyone owns the same car and may have seen the problems or want the same mods? You can get all kinds of info there, instead of asking people that can only make guesses. Just Google "Ford Pinto owners forum".

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