installed the new grill

[turbochevy]

after realizing that i was not going to sell the grill for anything near what I paid, i decided to install it! Remember, i got it for the ol yellow truck....but the red one was a bit dented and had some hand painted stuff on it that just did not work for me.

[Aarons72s]

Man that looks sweet turbochevy. Those 69-70 grilles look real nice when new. Looks show room new now.

[Longhorn Man]

69 only grill.

[turbochevy]

what are the differences in the 69-70 grill?

[Aarons72s]

Its the inner plastic grill that is diferent. Im not sure of the exact differences tho. The outter should be the same but the plastic inners are different.

[shifty]

I know this is totally OT, but where did you get your rubber interlock floor, and what did it cost you?

[JameslovesJammie]

70 had more of a louver look.

Still pretty kick ass though!

[Kager67]

The one on turbochevy's is the 69 grill. The orange one is a 70. To my knowledge nobody is reproducing the 70 grill, only the 69.

[turbochevy]

interesting.....I got the grille from Brothers when they were having their sale. This is a OE GM grille.

I never noticed the difference in the inserts until now. I must say I like the 69 grill better.

[turbochevy]

Originally Posted by shifty

I know this is totally OT, but where did you get your rubber interlock floor, and what did it cost you?

in my younger days i used to have a business "pimping" garages. This was just the left overs from a few jobs I had done.

www.motormat.com is where I got the product from.

**edit** looks like motor mat is out of business.

[turbochevy]

here is the grill i removed. I never noticed that they were different....glad I do not work for the FBI

[Longhorn Man]

GM stopped making the 70 grill a long time ago, and it was never repro'd. So your 69 grill is as correct as can be, and generally accepted.

[72armyswbtruck]

Wow you learn something new everyday here on the board from Andy aka Longhorn Man

[70c10]

Nice truck turbochevy!. Here is the new billet grille for the 69-70'. I like it.

[turbochevy]

Thanks guys! This ended up being an informative thread! I was wondering with the differences of the 69-70 trucks was.

[Shock_Me]

That billet grille looks really nice. Who sells it??

Pete

[Yukon Jack]

Great looking grill turbochevy. I was going to rehab my old grill when I got my 69 done - finally gave up and got a new one from GM - big improvement especially since the grill is such an attention grabber.

[Aarons72s]

So we are down to 2 unavaliable grills. 67-68 grill shell and 70 inner grill. Hopefully the aftermarket will eventually fill those needs.

[1LoC10]

how do you open the hood with that billet grill?

[1LoC10]

nevermind I found it here http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cb/images/0002.jpg it comes with the handle to open it..sweet

[Critter]

Originally Posted by turbochevy

Thanks guys! This ended up being an informative thread! I was wondering with the differences of the 69-70 trucks was.

I have owned a 68 and a couple different 72s but I never dove into the 69-70s, so let me get this straight. Turbochevy has a 1970 (from reading his avatar). It looks like he removed a 70 inner grill and installed a 69 inner grill. So in other words, Turbochevy needs to hold on to his original 70grill becasue they aren't produced anymore.

[Kager67]

yep