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Need Your Help? 69or72
I'm thinking about changing my frontend from a 1969 to a 1972. Thinking about ditching my painted bumpers for chrome bumpers and a new chrome inner and outer 1972 grille. I need help making this decision? By the way that is the factory paint, faded and all. lol
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
First off, I have a '69, so I'm a little biased.. I do dig the white bumpers on your truck, they go with the top!
As for the '72 frontend, they look a little bland to me with that big eggcrate grille (flame away 71/72 lovers!!) I don't know if you where planning with the original grille insert or billet, but this is jmho. The billet would look a little blingy against your original paint, but would match those sweet wheels you're running.
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
Yeap put a chrome front bumper on it and call it done.
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
concur - keep it 69 (and I'm a 72 fan personally). Chrome bumpers and detail the grille you have - maybe touch up the missing black on the outer grille shell around the headlights and go from there (it may not be missing, can't tell for sure in the pic, but looks like it's faded off a bit). Buckets themselves are already black (yay!) but I'm talking about the outer grille shell area immediately outside the stainless ring around the headlights before you get to the outer perimeter.
Gorgeous truck - and have you seen my WTB original med olive 69-72 fender ad??? I'm just sayin... ![]() |
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
Yep, do this. I replaced my white front bumper with a chrome one a long time ago and I think it's a great move. BTW my '72 is the same color as your '69. I'd also keep it a '69 if that were my truck.
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
Agreed with the chrome bumpers. One of the things on the list for my 69. Keep the 69 grill IMO.
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
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But on the other hand I hate to make my truck a "hybrid".
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
I say go with the 72. Best lookin pickup ever built!
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
I feel like you might be a little biased with that comment. lol
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
If you just want chrome get your 69 grille chromed.
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
Boy, I have mixed emotions here, and I am one of the biggesssssssst egg crate fans here, I have changed out 99% of every 69/70 grill to a 71/72 egg crate I have ever owned, but that truck looks so right on the way it is, I think just changing to the chrome bumper is the ticket!
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
I have a '70 with a '71-'72 grill and bumper. I say go for it.
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
I'm surprised no one has said something like, "If you do change the front end I would be interested in your fenders" or something like that. That being said I'm interested in those headlight bezels... You have a great looking truck there, no matter what you do it looks good, even right now.
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
I love how your truck looks! If it were mine I'd leave the grill, get the chrome bumpers, and swap out the square mirrors for the round style ones.
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
X2, on the mirrors!
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
I say do it and of course I also love the egg crate grille!!!!!
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
I say if it ain't broke don't fix it. I have a 70 longhorn that I swapped to 71/72 grill and bumper but that is only because it jad been wrecked and I had the parts. I prefer the 71/72 look but if it had been useable as is I would have left it.
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
that truck only has to please 1 person and you da man, so make it just the way you like it
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
Either way I'm gonna have to buy a new grille. My grille has a tear on one corner of the grille. $800 for a grille plus chrome. wow
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
Thanks for all the complements guys. Means a lot coming from some of the baddest truck owners on here. Anything you guys would change about my truck, I have a 1" block for the back. Think I need to install it? Not sure.
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
Chrome front bumper and chrome mirrors, I like the stance it has I would not lower it any more.
I know LMC has 2 grill choices and one of them I think is under $400. Posted via Mobile Device |
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
Yeah I have a guy near me that said he would sale me a 71/72 outer grille(chrome/steel), inner grill(chrome), headlight bezels(chrome) and all the hardware for $500. Thats another reason I was leaning toward 71/72. Of course I know I have to change the hood latch and brace and also figure in the new bumper turn signals and wiring harness.
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Re: Need Your Help? 69or72
Yeah that does make it a harder choice, guess if you go "72" and change your mind you can allways go back to the 69-70 style.
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