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Join Date: Apr 2002
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can you put 67hood on
a freind of mine asked me if he could put a 67-68 hood on a 69-72 front clip, fenders ,grill. i told him i didnt think so. he said take the front crome piece off the hood maybe that would work. he has a pair of gmc fenders68-72 that are extra, can he make this work? what he wants is a 67-68 hood with a 71-72 grill. i told him i woud ask??
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Led Sled! Discs R 4 ME!
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NOPE
It would not fit right. need a 67-68 doghouse for a 67-68 hood!
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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Depends on how good you are. There was a pic posted on here one time of a truck that had a 67-68 hood and a 71-72 grill and I thought it looked good. I pretty sure the truck was parked in front of the shop that did it. Now before you guys start in on me I know it is not a bolt on thing, but if you are not scared to cut and weld, anything is possible.
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Any thing is possible but, it would be a whole lot easier to put the 71 grille in a 67-68 front clip than to try to modify fenders to hood to the.....bla bla bla
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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I thought the fenders would smooth up into the hood ok, is just the lower front lip on the hood thats the problem, i you cut/weld taht, and you'd need a 67-68 latch. what I've been told. atleast if you ahve the grill nd trim ring off with the 67-68 latch it will go on.
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This is the formetioned pic....
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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that a um interesting pic, btw a 67-8 chevy hood will fit on any 67-72 GMc probably, because all GMC use 67-8 chevy fenders
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Ponderous.......
Hmmmmm, I know the fenders are different. Are they only different at the grill?
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GM should had done it like that from the getgo,it sure looks better than that box ox they come out with in 69,just my 2cents.
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
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If you install a 67/68 hood, asuming it will clear the 69 up core support, it will leave a gap between the hood and grill.
If you look at a 69 and up GMC hood, the hood is back almost a 1/2 inch from the older style fenders. That is why GMC put the chromew top bar on there, to fill in this gap. I can get a pic on my GMC if needed. |
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there was a blazer i saw with a 68 clip that they cut out the 68 grille and put a 72 grille behind it,,,,, looked kinda good
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