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**special-K** · 10-20-2007, 11:06 AM

Weber!!!

1969k10stepside · 10-20-2007, 02:43 PM

I like my 71-72s best on my 4wds..and then the 70 only grill with the silver/black painted inner grill that the '70 model had...I don't like the 67-68 look.I guess that's because I'm a 4wd owner and I don't think the 67-68 front clips look good on lifted 4wds..I've got to squeeze the 4 eye'd GMCs (71-72 GMC is my favorite) in there after 71-72 Chevy and before 70 Chevy grills for my 4wds though..
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eedgell · 10-20-2007, 04:08 PM

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1192910523
'71-'72 front makes the toughest lifted 4x4 look IMO. However I do have a soft spot for the '67's with small window in 4x4, but only because of how rare they are, one year only. As a side, the only thing ford out sells GM on is hype! There is a reason GM is NO.1 in Detroit, and ford is NO.2. Been that way for the longest time, and for good reason. IMO

screamin_c10 · 10-20-2007, 04:49 PM

I personally love the 67-68 front end on a low 2wd and the 71-72 front end on the 4X4s as some have mentioned previously.

As far as the Ford vs Chevy debate that has spawned from this, when it came time to drop some real money on a truck.....just check the sig.

Then again in '06 the C1500s were fugly at best.

Let the flaming begin!!!

67_C-30 · 06-11-2008, 11:56 PM

Time to rekindle this. The 67-68 was kicking butt when this thread slid off the map!

Richard8971 · 06-12-2008, 12:34 PM

'67 front end all the way.

Very clean lines, IMHO

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mekdad · 06-12-2008, 01:42 PM

67 is what I have for good reason

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northerngmc · 06-12-2008, 01:49 PM

Need I say more!

72BlckButy · 06-12-2008, 02:50 PM

I'm a bit partial to the '71-'72 grills... I don't know why though.

Ol'Rover · 06-12-2008, 02:55 PM

71-72.

cobb_ben · 06-12-2008, 03:01 PM

67-68 on a 2wd streeter and 71-72 on a jacked up 4x4

GKsport67 · 06-12-2008, 03:24 PM

Im a 67/68 type of guy,but since i been here n seeing the nice trucks here im really starting to feel the rest of the gang 69-72

GRIMSS · 06-12-2008, 03:34 PM

67/68... I like that they are painted with trim.

Sinisterspeed · 06-12-2008, 04:15 PM

67-72 Chevy on any 2wd for me they all kick @ss. Now when you throw in the 4x4 I like the 70 GMC 4 headlight. With the 72 Chev a close second.

68,69 K20 · 06-12-2008, 07:11 PM

Tough choices, I really dig all 3 to be honest. I love the look of the 67-68 on my K20 though

GREASEMONKEY72 · 06-12-2008, 07:29 PM

i voted for the 71-72 grills

**oldgold70c10** · 06-12-2008, 07:34 PM

I gotta say 67-68, though I really still like the 69-70 grill. The 71-72 has too much of a home-made last-minute aftermarket look to me, maybe because its missing the horizontal bar that the 67-68 and 69-70 grills have.

grnddwn · 06-12-2008, 07:41 PM

67 front end and I like it better if the lettering is still on the hood.

drivethechevy · 06-12-2008, 08:13 PM

this is realy a hard choice for me, in general i just have to say that i love all grilles chevy and gmc, now down in specifics if i had a choice i would rather not have a 69-70 chevy grille on my truck but i wouldnt change it if i got one unless it was a different year truck, and i like the first 2 mostly chrome grilles of the gmcs not so much the last one, now which ones do i like the most, well im building a 68 andi love the look of it but i dont think they look very good in most applications, kinda outof place on some trucks, my dream vehicle is my dads 71 i think that no matter what the application the lightolive green and white with the 71-72 looks absolutely amazing and id trade any truck for the right one, but i agree with alot of the others 67-68, in this day and age when a muscle car is prety much out of the question for a kid in highschool a 67-68 will be my muscle car.

**El Jay** · 06-12-2008, 09:25 PM

I guess I'm in a minority with special-k.

Between the spring and late fall, when the rain starts, my favorite grill is my Weber Smokey Joe in the bed; whether I'm heading to the campground, or a beach, or some kind of sporting event.

When that little jewel is back there I know I'm going to be hanging, and partying with family and/or good friends.
A guy couldn't ask for more than that.
Just my .02.

Everybody have a good weekend.

**KevsClassics** · 06-12-2008, 11:42 PM

I'd have to say I like both but here's my favorite.

Kayotic · 06-13-2008, 12:04 AM

I like the grill on porterbuilt's shop truck rendering (1969). Stock - yup 67 for me too. 69's and 70's are growing on me.

bigsnookmaster · 06-13-2008, 08:36 AM

I like the 67-68

Hair · 06-13-2008, 08:36 AM

I like Chevy grills okay, but I've always thought that they had too much paint and not enough grill in the older ones, and too much grill mesh up there on the newer years. I've always liked the GMC grills better by a long shot! No mesh, No paint, ALL CHROME, looking good, bold, and in your face. The earlier GMC grills are my favorite because I like how they have the "GMC" in the grill, but the later years are awesome too. Oh yea, the double head lights are way cooler too!

jb4short · 06-13-2008, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by special-K

Weber!!!

C'mon Tim....everyone knows Vermont Castings is king

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10-20-2007, 11:06 AM	#51
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10-20-2007, 02:43 PM	#52
1969k10stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA Posts: 21,019	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! I like my 71-72s best on my 4wds..and then the 70 only grill with the silver/black painted inner grill that the '70 model had...I don't like the 67-68 look.I guess that's because I'm a 4wd owner and I don't think the 67-68 front clips look good on lifted 4wds..I've got to squeeze the 4 eye'd GMCs (71-72 GMC is my favorite) in there after 71-72 Chevy and before 70 Chevy grills for my 4wds though.. Last edited by 1969k10stepside; 10-20-2007 at 02:47 PM.

10-20-2007, 04:08 PM	#53
eedgell It's the air up here Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 710	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1192910523 '71-'72 front makes the toughest lifted 4x4 look IMO. However I do have a soft spot for the '67's with small window in 4x4, but only because of how rare they are, one year only. As a side, the only thing ford out sells GM on is hype! There is a reason GM is NO.1 in Detroit, and ford is NO.2. Been that way for the longest time, and for good reason. IMO Attached Images __________________ 1971 cheyenne k10 4 speed np 205 454 BB factory a/c Never drink down stream of the herd! Eric

10-20-2007, 04:49 PM	#54
screamin_c10 I dun gradjiated collij!!! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: St. Helens Oregon Posts: 1,751	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! I personally love the 67-68 front end on a low 2wd and the 71-72 front end on the 4X4s as some have mentioned previously. As far as the Ford vs Chevy debate that has spawned from this, when it came time to drop some real money on a truck.....just check the sig. Then again in '06 the C1500s were fugly at best. Let the flaming begin!!! __________________ Built NOT Bought. Viper Red 1971 LWB C10 355 Vortec W/700R4 4/5 drop AKA Screamin' You are missed! 2006 F150 XLT 5.4L Triton Rollin' on 22s the "F1" 67 C20 PS/AC/327/TH400 we call 'er "Bessie" 67 Malibu PS/ZR1-LS1 Brakes/350 Vortec/700R4 2/2 drop on 18" 338s - Tracy's "Boo" Boosted '67 Cougar EFI 5.0 HO roller motor/T5/8.8 Tracloc/ 4 wheel disks - "Project Panther" 79 Honda Z50 - stretched, cafe'd and hotrodded 125CC Lifan/5spd FEAR THE MONKEY! Last edited by screamin_c10; 10-20-2007 at 04:55 PM.

06-11-2008, 11:56 PM	#55
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! Time to rekindle this. The 67-68 was kicking butt when this thread slid off the map! __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club! Last edited by 67_C-30; 06-11-2008 at 11:57 PM.

06-12-2008, 12:34 PM	#56
Richard8971 Still livin the "dream" in '54 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 2,656	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! '67 front end all the way. Very clean lines, IMHO D __________________ Current build. 1954 Chevrolet 3800 "Ella" SOLD! My '67 stepper "Tangerine Dream" "Anything worth doing is worth doing right" James Dean “When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Sherlock Holmes "There is no spoon." Neo

06-12-2008, 01:42 PM	#57
mekdad Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Filer, Idaho Posts: 416	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! 67 is what I have for good reason For Old Retarded Drivers __________________ you never know what you can do until you have to undo something you have done!

06-12-2008, 01:49 PM	#58
northerngmc Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Whitehorse YK Canada Posts: 2,651	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! Need I say more! __________________ Blaine 59 GMC 9314 a.k.a. Whoopee 68 C20 50th Anniversary a.k.a. The Rat http://www.flickr.com/photos/northerngmc/ http://www.members.tripod.com/P-wee/index_032.htm 1.61803 is one H of a lot better than 3.14159, no really it is!

06-12-2008, 02:50 PM	#59
72BlckButy Tot Roddin' Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 24,461	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! I'm a bit partial to the '71-'72 grills... I don't know why though. __________________ -Nate 1969 CST SWB - Project Blank Slate (4.5/6" ECE Static Drop, 6-lug disc brake upgrade (manual), Billet Specialties Vintec 20x8.5 255/40 (F) 20x10 295/40 (R), 250 I-6) 1960 AMF Skylark - Tot Roddin' (Lowered with custom frame; soon to include custom push bar and interior) 2008 Silverado CrewCab 1LT (5.3L, 3:73, 4x4, LT1, Z-71, Towing Package)

06-12-2008, 02:55 PM	#60
Ol'Rover Project: years too late. Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Almonte,ON,Canada Posts: 550	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! 71-72. __________________ 1971 C10 Stepper LSX 5.3/4L60E 3.73 12bolt posi. Father Son Project. In Memory of Bruce C. Shorten. Rest easy Dad. Ill take it fryom here.

06-12-2008, 03:01 PM	#61
cobb_ben Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Leonard Wood Mo Posts: 299	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! 67-68 on a 2wd streeter and 71-72 on a jacked up 4x4 __________________ '69 Chevy C10 400sb-350 crank 400 destroker!!! 377 2.02 dart pro1 alum.heads msd, holley db hooker pro-comps-3in exh. 3 spd. saginaw-3.73posi Flat Bed...want Reg bed...trades?

06-12-2008, 03:24 PM	#62
GKsport67 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Atlanta,Ga Posts: 660	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! Im a 67/68 type of guy,but since i been here n seeing the nice trucks here im really starting to feel the rest of the gang 69-72 __________________ www.gkautospa.com Like A Rock! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=397153 Last edited by GKsport67; 06-12-2008 at 03:25 PM.

06-12-2008, 03:34 PM	#63
GRIMSS --------------- Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Missouri Posts: 1,791	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! 67/68... I like that they are painted with trim. __________________ 2001 GMC SIERRA 1956 Chevy Panel *Build Page* with a Scott's Hotrods IFS 1953 Chevy trucks *Project Dime Time* 1968 Camaro 1968 Volksrod "NOBACK" 55-59 one piece window *Video* 55-59 one piece window *template files* Jared

06-12-2008, 04:15 PM	#64
Sinisterspeed Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Gales Creek, Oregon Posts: 619	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! 67-72 Chevy on any 2wd for me they all kick @ss. Now when you throw in the 4x4 I like the 70 GMC 4 headlight. With the 72 Chev a close second. __________________ There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on. 70 GMC Longhorn (A.K.A Money Bucket) 57 Chev 3100 05 Chevy LLY Dmax. 67 Chevy Camaro Dad's Budget Build 55 My Longhorn Build



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06-12-2008, 07:11 PM	#65
68,69 K20 They call me the Breeze... Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 2,251	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! Tough choices, I really dig all 3 to be honest. I love the look of the 67-68 on my K20 though __________________ Mike 69 K20 "Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy"....Ben Franklin Last edited by 68,69 K20; 06-12-2008 at 07:11 PM.

06-12-2008, 07:29 PM	#66
GREASEMONKEY72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,893	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! i voted for the 71-72 grills __________________ -steven Alte Seele S.S. "Allison" '72 C/10 LWB 350SB/TH350 - DD PITBULL IS NOT A CRIME

06-12-2008, 07:34 PM	#67
oldgold70c10 Who's got steelies? Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Morrison, Oklahoma Posts: 1,025	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! I gotta say 67-68, though I really still like the 69-70 grill. The 71-72 has too much of a home-made last-minute aftermarket look to me, maybe because its missing the horizontal bar that the 67-68 and 69-70 grills have. __________________ 1969 C10 LWB W/ 250 I6 & 3spd 1970 C10 with '67 small window cab, 68 front end, blue; 305/TH350, 3.08 limited slip rear end, manual brakes, power steering; & 4-wheel drums-My daily driver. 1975 Chevelle Malibu Classic Coupe 350/th350 mint green 1970 C20 Suburban 350/700R4 4.10 gearing green & white 1978 Big 10 Silverado 350/th350, working ac, 2 tone blue-My summer daily driver 1983 GMC 1500 Sierra 305/SM465 2.73 rear end How to add a trip odometer to your 67-72 stock speedometer How to rebuild your Q-Jet My Truck Page My Youtube Channel

06-12-2008, 07:41 PM	#68
grnddwn belly dragger Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: sherwood park AB. Canada Posts: 694	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! 67 front end and I like it better if the lettering is still on the hood. __________________ SAVE THE PLANET DRIVE AN OLD TRUCK

06-12-2008, 08:13 PM	#69
drivethechevy Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Buffalo MN Posts: 606	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! this is realy a hard choice for me, in general i just have to say that i love all grilles chevy and gmc, now down in specifics if i had a choice i would rather not have a 69-70 chevy grille on my truck but i wouldnt change it if i got one unless it was a different year truck, and i like the first 2 mostly chrome grilles of the gmcs not so much the last one, now which ones do i like the most, well im building a 68 andi love the look of it but i dont think they look very good in most applications, kinda outof place on some trucks, my dream vehicle is my dads 71 i think that no matter what the application the lightolive green and white with the 71-72 looks absolutely amazing and id trade any truck for the right one, but i agree with alot of the others 67-68, in this day and age when a muscle car is prety much out of the question for a kid in highschool a 67-68 will be my muscle car. __________________ Trial and Error, its expensive but its a mistake i most likely wont make again 1971 chevy k10 custom deluxe http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=341257 1968 chevy k/10 fleet http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=334731 1948 desoto custom coupe fluid drive(family heirloom)

06-12-2008, 09:25 PM	#70
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! I guess I'm in a minority with special-k. Between the spring and late fall, when the rain starts, my favorite grill is my Weber Smokey Joe in the bed; whether I'm heading to the campground, or a beach, or some kind of sporting event. When that little jewel is back there I know I'm going to be hanging, and partying with family and/or good friends. A guy couldn't ask for more than that. Just my .02. Everybody have a good weekend. __________________ '69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck

06-12-2008, 11:42 PM	#71
KevsClassics TILT COLUMN GURU Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FRESNO CA Posts: 4,276	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! I'd have to say I like both but here's my favorite. Attached Images

06-13-2008, 12:04 AM	#72
Kayotic Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lawrenceville, Ga Posts: 300	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! I like the grill on porterbuilt's shop truck rendering (1969). Stock - yup 67 for me too. 69's and 70's are growing on me.

06-13-2008, 08:36 AM	#73
bigsnookmaster Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: St.Petersburg,Fl Posts: 1,267	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! I like the 67-68 __________________ greg http://community.webshots.com/user/68406Stepside

06-13-2008, 08:36 AM	#74
Hair Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tullahoma, TN Posts: 406	Re: Favorite grill - make a choice! I like Chevy grills okay, but I've always thought that they had too much paint and not enough grill in the older ones, and too much grill mesh up there on the newer years. I've always liked the GMC grills better by a long shot! No mesh, No paint, ALL CHROME, looking good, bold, and in your face. The earlier GMC grills are my favorite because I like how they have the "GMC" in the grill, but the later years are awesome too. Oh yea, the double head lights are way cooler too! Attached Images

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