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08-24-2007, 12:28 PM
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Crooked "C" in GMC
When I bought my son's truck the PO pointed out how neat it was that the "C" on the hood in "GMC" was still crooked like it was when it was built. He said that this was like this from the factory. I know it's no big deal, but thought it was slightly interesting. I've since wondered if it was true or not.
Here's a pic of mine to show what I'm talking about. Is this true? Were the "C's" installed crooked? Seems like I looked at a few pics and could see others like this. |
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08-24-2007, 12:41 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
Now I"ll have to go look at my GMC hood and see.
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08-24-2007, 12:43 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
My G and C are a little crooked on my 71 I thought it was just my grandfather had bent them a little over the years maybe not now
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08-24-2007, 01:17 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
Hmm, don't think mine is crooked but I'll check. You could probably straighten it out by drilling a new hole for the alignment pin on the emblem and rotating the letter slightly.
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08-24-2007, 01:40 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
in that picture it looks like both the G and the C are crooked.
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08-24-2007, 02:09 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
Just for S&G's I perused another thread and found a few that appear to be crooked. Granted the angles not pefect on both to confirm, but the C does look kinda crooked on these.
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08-24-2007, 02:10 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
A few more
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08-24-2007, 03:10 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
Wow I never noticed that but they definitely all look a little crooked.
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08-24-2007, 03:34 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
Mine were crooked also, I redrilled.
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08-24-2007, 03:57 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
To me it looks crooked if you look at it as GMC in a line, where as if you look at the hood line, the G and the C line up with the bottom of the hood... Make sense?
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08-24-2007, 04:04 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
yEP !
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08-24-2007, 04:20 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
you know the G.M.C crowd has always been alittle of lol i d leave it ...... i think it adds a little to the emblem
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08-24-2007, 04:29 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
Yet another reason to ditch those ugly 4-eyed mugs and swap over to Chevy grills!
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08-24-2007, 04:33 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
Four eyes = easier to see the f*rd your running over
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08-24-2007, 05:05 PM
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08-24-2007, 05:24 PM
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08-24-2007, 05:56 PM
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08-24-2007, 06:02 PM
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08-24-2007, 06:07 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
I`m building a GMC from a Chevy.I like`em all.Only liking Chevys is like only listening to Top40.Some of us can appreciate music that`s usually better just not as widely distributed,therefore less popular
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08-24-2007, 06:31 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
Here's mine
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08-24-2007, 06:55 PM
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08-24-2007, 07:03 PM
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Wait, you're sucking me in to get rid of my crooked 'C', right? J.
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08-24-2007, 07:05 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
Yeah, the core support is the same except for the headlight buckets.
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08-24-2007, 07:14 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
Thanks for info, it is easy, I think I saw a grille in the classifieds. Also it gives me a reason to buy the new cowl hood I 've wanted... I can hear my wife now, "what's wrong with the hood in the basement?" J.
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08-24-2007, 10:26 PM
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Re: Crooked "C" in GMC
Mine Too! I just noticed this last week when I took the letters off to paint the hood. The C is running uphill and the G is going down.
What gives? They must of drilled the holes freehand or a liitle of this for lunch? 
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