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Pyrotechnic · 02-26-2007, 09:27 PM

At one point I had both grills. The one on my 78 came with the truck and had the chrome surround. The chevy emblem was missing from the center and that area was also chromed. My dad noticed that where there were chips in the paint, it was chrome under so my dad took a small jewelers screw driver and scraped the gray paint off the fins of the grill, so the leading edge of everything was chrome. Pretty nice looking. I'm thinking the whole grill may be chrome and they just painted over it. This grill was incorrect for a 78 but I left it because I liked the 73-74 look a lot better. Late last year though someone swerved over into my lane and hit me head on going pretty fast that truck and the grill are now history.

I also have the plain gray grill. Not as exciting as the chrome one but I scored it really cheap to use for a spare.

02-26-2007, 09:27 PM	#6
Pyrotechnic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 3,930	Re: Chromed 73-74 grille...Has it been done? At one point I had both grills. The one on my 78 came with the truck and had the chrome surround. The chevy emblem was missing from the center and that area was also chromed. My dad noticed that where there were chips in the paint, it was chrome under so my dad took a small jewelers screw driver and scraped the gray paint off the fins of the grill, so the leading edge of everything was chrome. Pretty nice looking. I'm thinking the whole grill may be chrome and they just painted over it. This grill was incorrect for a 78 but I left it because I liked the 73-74 look a lot better. Late last year though someone swerved over into my lane and hit me head on going pretty fast that truck and the grill are now history. I also have the plain gray grill. Not as exciting as the chrome one but I scored it really cheap to use for a spare.