68-69 Grill on 72

[LuckyInk]

what if i wana switch my 69 grille to a 72 wat if any mods am i lookin at

[Tynee]

Originally Posted by LuckyInk

what if i wana switch my 69 grille to a 72 wat if any mods am i lookin at

You are looking at a grille (inner and outer) turn signal lights, bumper, hood latch support, and hood. If you are interested in an even swap of your 69 front end pieces for my 71/2 front end pieces, PM me for pictures. I'd even handle the transportation for free.

[AndrewSeib]

I hope there inst a "grave digging" rule on this forum, but I would like someone to reiterate on this. I want to put a 69 grill on a 71, whats my damage gonna be? I couldn't quite follow what was said previously. Thanks for the help!

[Palf70Step]

Besides the 69/70 inner and outer grill pieces, you'll need the center brace/hood release bracket. I don't know if the 71/72 harness has enough give for the turn signals to unplug from the bumper and move to the grill lights. You may have to extended those wires. If you wish to go with the 69/70 style bumper, you'll need the bumper and the outer bumper brackets. From what I remember, the inner brackets are the same. 67/68 you need whole frontend

[PowerdbyChevy79]

If u have a 72 and want a 67-68 style grill....you have to change the whole front clip..grill, hood, fenders, bumper and core support..if u have a 72 and want a 69-70 style...all u gotta do is change the hood, grill and bumper

[john]

Originally Posted by 69long"n"low

sorry correction i want the 67 gmc grill...... i was just looking at lmc to make sure but now im gonna need a whole front clip right?

You would need the 67 grille, 67-68 hood, and 67-68 upper grille bar. Also if you have the eyebrow trim it would be different. LMC also lists a different center support.

[sara76]

Originally Posted by Tynee

You are looking at a grille (inner and outer) turn signal lights, bumper, hood latch support, and hood. If you are interested in an even swap of your 69 front end pieces for my 71/2 front end pieces, PM me for pictures. I'd even handle the transportation for free.

HELP !! I just got my 1972 C10, it is missing the grill and I want to install a 1969 or 1970 grill. Why would you need a new hood? If I understand correctly, I need to order a inner and outer grill, the Turn Signal Lens. A 1969 or 1970 bumper(if you do not want 4 TS lights)

The Hood latch support-Is that the piece that the grill and the hood latch both to? The hood pin and latch are the same?

[michael bustamante]

Originally Posted by scottm

I was kinda wondering the same thing. I want to out a 68 chevy front end onto my 69 gmc.

to do this youll have to change everything on the front end except the inner fenders. check your bumper and see if it has the cutouts on top for the GMC turn signals, if not, you can use that bumper as well and be corrct

[michael bustamante]

Originally Posted by 69long"n"low

sorry correction i want the 67 gmc grill...... i was just looking at lmc to make sure but now im gonna need a whole front clip right?

I just did this myself... the 67GMC grill is one year only. and the top bar is 67-68 only, of course the fenders on 67 don't have the side markers but if youre gonna close the rear markers, youll have no problem doing the fronts as well. a 67 hood will NOT have the GMC emblems in the hood, other than that the slanted hoods are the same. itll be easies to just swap the radiator support altogether to a 67-68 rad support. the bumper will be the same to 1970 c-10`s
and 67 68 GMC. in 69 they put cutouts on top of the grill for turn signal clearance. watch them headlight buckets too, theyre not all the same!! I found out the hard way. mount locations are different on each one

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by sara76

HELP !! I just got my 1972 C10, it is missing the grill and I want to install a 1969 or 1970 grill. Why would you need a new hood? If I understand correctly, I need to order a inner and outer grill, the Turn Signal Lens. A 1969 or 1970 bumper(if you do not want 4 TS lights)

The Hood latch support-Is that the piece that the grill and the hood latch both to? The hood pin and latch are the same?

You don’t need the hood for a 69+ grill change. The grills from 69-72 are all unique to each year with different paint on the outer shell for 71-72 and different inner grills for 69-70. Never the less all those grills work with the same hood and fenders if chevy. 69+ Chevy grills won’t work With gmc fenders.

[Tynee]

Originally Posted by sara76

HELP !! I just got my 1972 C10, it is missing the grill and I want to install a 1969 or 1970 grill. Why would you need a new hood? If I understand correctly, I need to order a inner and outer grill, the Turn Signal Lens. A 1969 or 1970 bumper(if you do not want 4 TS lights)

The Hood latch support-Is that the piece that the grill and the hood latch both to? The hood pin and latch are the same?

The only reason I suggested a new hood (10 years ago...wow, that's hard to believe) was the 2 screw holes for the badge on the front edge of the hood on a 69/70. The badge moved to the grille in '71. It's easy going the direction you are, you'll just need to find a way to affix the badge to the hood, whether that's drilling holes, or whatever.

[michael bustamante]

boy we gotta start looking at the dates of the OP. lol

[Greasey Harley]

I used to have a '68 K20 with a 69-72 core support, 68 front fenders and grill, with a 69-72 hood. It was kind of a Hill-Billy truck but everything fit pretty good. there was a gap between the hood and the grill ...but it looked okay-ish.