88-98 3500 front clip question
 

Hey fellas i know it's a bit of a silly question but on some of the 88-98 3500 trucks back in the day some of them like tow trucks car haulers and such had a bit of a different looking front clip with a breather panel between the grille and the bumper. My question is in order for this to happen was the bumper moved down a bit or was the grille shortened a bit? I'm a bit confused.. here's a picture of both front clips...
http://https://images.app.goo.gl/CX4g68ujPHSwybeE8
http://https://images.app.goo.gl/LmBWYWWxHoSVS7x19

Re: 88-98 3500 front clip question
 

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ho1Ddm.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Dfyi7l.jpg

Re: 88-98 3500 front clip question
 

These are the 3500HD frames and actually is completely different from your traditional c3500. The chassis designator is GMT-455 and not the common GMT-400.

Read more here:

https://www.tradecraftspecialties.com/3500hd

Re: 88-98 3500 front clip question
 

The 3500HD was a light medium duty/heavy light duty. As Evrlet mentioned, different chassis. A straight rail chassis which puts the cab sitting higher and the panel is the spacer. Dodge did the same thing with their 61-71 D/W 300s

Re: 88-98 3500 front clip question
 

This is awesome info! Thanks for clearing things up for me fellas..

Re: 88-98 3500 front clip question
 

We had one of those W300 Dodges about a 1970 for a fire truck. It had a utility bed with a slip-in tank with the pump and hose on the top. Only trouble was you had to prime it with the exhaust. 318 and 4 speed.

It was a great old truck that you could drive anywhere and bulldoze logs out of the way with the front end. But the steering was loose and the state finally took it back and gave us something newer. (I think the F-550 V-10)