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bigshrek64 02-29-2020 12:29 AM

1974 to 79 egg crate grille swap
 
So ive seen a few threads with people wanting to change from a 79 grille to the 74 and it seems like you have to use the core support from the year of of the grill you want.

I have no front end on mine, so before i start buying fenders and stuff i want to make sure that if i want to put a 79 egg crate style grille on my 74 if i need the core support off a 79 for it to work, or can i just buy a 79 grille and not have to keep everything year specific?
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Big Chip 02-29-2020 10:21 AM

Re: 1974 to 79 egg crate grille swap
 
Core support is the same, you just need different grille support brackets.

https://www.classicmuscle.com/c10-bl...mounting-brkts

bigshrek64 02-29-2020 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Chip (Post 8686727)
Core support is the same, you just need different grille support brackets.

https://www.classicmuscle.com/c10-bl...mounting-brkts

So i figured out that its the grille from the 1980 that i want to end up using, so all i need is the center bracket from a 80 truck and im off to the races?
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Big Chip 02-29-2020 08:24 PM

Re: 1974 to 79 egg crate grille swap
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by bigshrek64 (Post 8686906)
So i figured out that its the grille from the 1980 that i want to end up using, so all i need is the center bracket from a 80 truck and im off to the races?
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I actually posted the wrong parts. I meant to take a picture of the brackets on my '79 for you today when I was at the truck and I forgot. It seems to me the center and the brackets are different because the 73-74 grilles were set in further.


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