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01-18-2008, 12:08 PM | #1 |
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79 repro grill
looking to clean up the front of my truck a bit...does anyone make a chrome repro grill the same style as mine? LMC has my style but they are for the 81-82 trucks.. all the 73-80 grills are different.
they show the picture here but they dont seem to offer it
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01-18-2008, 03:55 PM | #2 |
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Re: 79 repro grill
Sorry I can't help with your question but if you're interested I have this grille for sale...
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01-18-2008, 09:02 PM | #3 |
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Re: 79 repro grill
thanks.. but i think i want an original style grill
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01-19-2008, 12:42 AM | #4 |
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Re: 79 repro grill
I would try your Chevy dealer. They may still have some genuine grilles for your year. I would bet they carry the GMC part numbers too. I just bought a NEW Chevy grille for my 77 from them. Not much more than the repro's and takes ALL the original trim items. Someone else told me GM is REMAKING some of those old parts since the demand is up enough to justify making a batch. The date on my box was Oct, 2007. I bought it in Dec 2007, so wasn't the shipping date. Good luck. It was about $200, By the way, this will fit your year also, just a slight change in design, but the Bowtie would not agree with your GMC <grin>
Do you have an inside hood relase? If not, some of the repro's make it a bit hard to open your hood as there is no hand slot. LMC does have a new line of plastic "billet" grilles that look pretty nice. They are also $200 but don't have a slot for opening the hood. Last edited by LBJ; 01-19-2008 at 01:03 AM. |
01-19-2008, 02:53 AM | #5 |
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Re: 79 repro grill
I'm in the same boat as you. I got a 77 GMC and I want to put an original replacement grill in it because the GMC grills from those years are my favorite.
All LMC has for 73-80 are those generic chevy style grills with no bowtie. I checked with the dealer on the GMC grill...discontinued. Headlight bezels for 73-78 are also discontinued. I bought some of the plastic LMC bezels....they didn't fit worth a crap. Last edited by Pyrotechnic; 01-19-2008 at 02:54 AM. |
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Re: 79 repro grill
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01-19-2008, 08:04 AM | #7 |
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Re: 79 repro grill
I wish they would make a generic GMC style repro, kinda like the 81-82 grills without the logo expect for 73-80. It would probably still look good even without the logo and it wouldn't be that hard to add the logo.
Until then I was considering taking one of the generic $30 chevy grills and adding a GMC logo. Maybe over the summer when I have some cash to blow. |
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