Minor Facelift Surgery, '63 chevy w/'61 chevy hood and GMC grill...

[terd ferguson]

I finally got my grill on. It was not without issues. Turns out the grill was a big truck grill and required 1/2 ton mounting brackets. After finally getting it mounted, I had wiring issues. Bought all new headlights and had to fix one headlight plug with a bad ground blade. Now everything works and is mounted up and looking great (I think so anyway).

I still haven't decided what to do about the bar under the grill that used to mount the "GMC" letters. I'll either find a '50's car center bar that fits and looks cool or cut it off. Like I said, I'm still undecided.

I also took the hood down to bare metal and primed it. I found a couple of pinholes and a couple of dime sized holes. I'm also still undecided about the stock hood badges. Part of me wants to run them, part of me says smooth and clean is better.


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I've got some good fenders with no rust coming from a trade (mine have holes and bondo). I'll be taking those down to bare metal along with the bed and put those in primer. The bed is in awesome shape without holes. The cab, however, is a different story. I've got a hole above the windshield, a hole on each side of the floor and holes in the door bottoms (outside and inside). After I get the rest of the body in primer, I'll start fixing the cab.