Fascinating Grills... [PIC]

I recently saw an episode of "Iron Resurrection" where this old guy brought a carcass of a 1938 Hudson pickup truck to be resto-modded. They had to do an extraordinary amount of metal fabrication including all the fenders, bed, floors and a new chassis. The whole time I was wondering how the heck they were going to replicate that one year only grill. Obviously, on something this rare, there's no donor cars or reproduction parts available. Well, they never showed how they did it but there it was on reveal day looking absolutely perfect. Over the year it took for the build, the old guy died, but the family wanted the truck completed. In the second half of the 1930s, brand recognition was easily done by the ornate radiator grills and hood ornaments and this 1936 Hudson 8 Cabriolet certainly had unique and stylish design cues. This was an unusual choice by Franklin Mint to make. It was a rather ambitious undertaking with its working convertible top and operating side windows. I just love the grill and winged red torpedo hood ornament.