billet grille insert for 67-68? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

DarkFox1 · 10-13-2002, 12:27 AM

Well, as yall may or may not know.. I'm going ot be using a 67 front clip on my truck, so I've been looking at many many trucks trying to see what kind of look I'm going for.

where I do love the front end stock, I find that it feels like, in some examples of the trucks, that the truck is... naked. I'm thinking perhaps some horizontal billet grille inserts may spruce things up a bit.

anyone have any pics of such a thing?

DarkFox1 · 10-13-2002, 08:44 AM

I know they make these, I've seen them before, I just cant seem to find them now

Lightspeed · 10-13-2002, 09:41 AM

http://www.stylinconcepts.com/parts....rtfamilyid/828

maybe this is what you are looking for?

Church · 10-13-2002, 09:48 AM

I can get you one also.

DarkFox1 · 10-13-2002, 09:44 PM

I'm mainly just looking for a pic to see if this is the look I'm after

68 with 350 TPI · 10-13-2002, 10:29 PM

This is not my truck nor do I know where he got this but it sure does look good

Hooter · 10-13-2002, 10:32 PM

its funny how someone took a picture of their computer screen had it developed and scanned then posted it back on the internet.

DarkFox1 · 10-13-2002, 10:37 PM

cool, looks good, not sure if thats what I'm looking for.

my problem is.. for every resto truck I see, 1 out of every like.. 12 looks good to me, the rest look.. bad.. I dont know what it is, I can't pinpoint it. I'm afraid I'm going to make the same mistake, or do the same thing, and wind up not liking my own truck.

The truck in the picture looks really nice, but something about that cab.. it looks proportionally larger than it should be..

ah maybe I'm just being too picky

thakns for the help guys.

Crank · 10-13-2002, 10:42 PM

Darkfox, I think I have the same problem about being too picky. But I think the truck looks off proportion is because it is a off angle shot and it's low so it make the cab look like it was custom made for Shaq, but also when you lower a truck, it throws off the proportions of the cab.
Brandon

Alaskan · 10-13-2002, 10:45 PM

I like the grills that look close to original. resnap with dc.

XXL · 10-13-2002, 10:53 PM

I feel strangely compelled to perpetuate this "picture in picture" thing we've got going here...

BTW, I think this issue of proportionality is why a very small top chop is in order for lowered trucks.

Kenneth

XXL · 10-13-2002, 10:54 PM

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ChopTop · 10-13-2002, 11:14 PM

OK XXL YOU'VE GOT TEARS COMING OUT NOW... CUT THAT OUT! LMAO!!!

68 with 350 TPI · 10-13-2002, 11:35 PM

hahaha you guys are too much

The reason I did that pic of the computer screen is that when I tryed to attach the pic I got (too big to attach).

Well I was lazy and dident feel like re sizing the pic.
I had a digi cam here and I figured what the heck this will take like 3 seconds with the 3.5 floppy disk in the mavica

NO way I would go through the trouble of getting film developed for that

But hey look this is kinda neat

Pont · 10-14-2002, 03:44 AM

Here's the same pic not taken from a pic of my screen if you wanna play around and chop it. I like this grill and would seriously consider doing it to my 67.

DarkFox1 · 10-14-2002, 10:15 AM

ya, I'll definatley look into it. if I could only find a brand.. I know someone makes em, cos I've seen it before, cos I was looking at them back when I had the 71 front end, but decided I didn't like them in the 71.. but now I have the 67 front end.. so thats changed.

I'm only doing a 2/4 drop.. I dont think a chop would be needed for such a thing.. I mean when I got the truck it probablly had the equivalent of a 2/4 drop from age :P

Cyco Path · 10-14-2002, 11:13 AM

That would be nearly the perfect truck if you were to take 2 feet out of the bed.

And maybe remove the rain gutters.

XXL · 10-14-2002, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cyco Path
That would be nearly the perfect truck if you were to take 2 feet out of the bed.

And maybe remove the rain gutters.

Did somebody ask for a short wheelbase?

Kenneth

DarkFox1 · 10-14-2002, 11:54 AM

nice work.. wish I could photoshop like that

XXL · 10-14-2002, 11:57 AM

And here's a mild top chop for those of us who are bothered by the proportionality...

Kenneth

DarkFox1 · 10-14-2002, 12:00 PM

ARGH, you wanna explain how you're doin taht so well? lol, I'm trying to learn photoshop.. it will look good on a resume.. I've had it for a week

www.redplanetsolutions.net is my sort of.. stand alone resume, its not really a company, that is.. I'll do stuff for people but uh.. I'm not tryin to say I'm anywhere near as good as you are lol

Chevyc10! · 10-14-2002, 04:14 PM

They don't show a pic of the insert but they have the 2 piece billet grill available...
http://www.streetbeatonline.com/bilgril67che.html

DarkFox1 · 10-14-2002, 11:07 PM

cool, nicely priced too, thanks! it will be a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time before I need this tho. so I hope they still make it when I do :P

brennecke · 10-15-2002, 10:25 AM

Raked, one piece window, shaved.

DarkFox1 · 10-15-2002, 01:18 PM

is it maybe the camera angle, or does that truck fade from a very dark blue to black right along the front? I konw a guy that wants a paintjob like that on his truck..

I like the 1 peice window also.. I was considering that.. but I'm not far enough along to really determine that.. I want my truck to be sporty, but not slammed, a 2/4 drop is as low as I'm going.. I dont want HUGE rims, but I want a smooth look. With the '67 front end.. that means I'm going to have no side markers, and since I'm relocating the gas tank, no filler neck on the cab either.

I dont want black.. its impossible to take care of.. plus it gets pretty hot inside lol

my layout for the truck currently:

67 front end 69 SWB frame, fleetside box
GM 12 bolt 3.73 posi TH400 tranny, ~450-400 flexplate HP 350 (or 383 stroked)
a/c p/s p/b maybe p/w p/l depending on how hard these are
leather seats out of maybe a tahoe, console out of probablly the same tahoe
stock guages with tach
nice stereo with kick panel components, sub(s) where the gas tank was
flush mount paint color bed cover with rhino lined interior
maybe a filler neck door off of an S-10 or something rounded so that it keeps the sporty look but has practicality
HID or diamondback halogen headlights
shaved emblems, but no shaved handles/mirrors.. too impractical
and now this billet grille

hows that sound? heh

10-13-2002, 12:27 AM	#1
DarkFox1 in WAY over my head Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Douglasville GA Posts: 923	billet grille insert for 67-68? Well, as yall may or may not know.. I'm going ot be using a 67 front clip on my truck, so I've been looking at many many trucks trying to see what kind of look I'm going for. where I do love the front end stock, I find that it feels like, in some examples of the trucks, that the truck is... naked. I'm thinking perhaps some horizontal billet grille inserts may spruce things up a bit. anyone have any pics of such a thing?

10-13-2002, 09:48 AM	#4
Church Carolina Classic Trucks Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: The South Posts: 792	I can get you one also. __________________

10-13-2002, 10:29 PM	#6
68 with 350 TPI Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wingate NC Posts: 456	This is not my truck nor do I know where he got this but it sure does look good Attached Images __________________ Life is good with a 6-71 supercharged 355 in a 72 camaro

10-13-2002, 10:32 PM	#7
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	its funny how someone took a picture of their computer screen had it developed and scanned then posted it back on the internet. __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

10-13-2002, 10:45 PM	#10
Alaskan Truck'n the alcan Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Houston, AK Posts: 149	I like the grills that look close to original. resnap with dc. Attached Images __________________ 68 GMC 4x4 71 C20 Custom Deluxe 83 1/2 ton conversion van

10-13-2002, 08:44 AM	#2
DarkFox1 in WAY over my head Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Douglasville GA Posts: 923	I know they make these, I've seen them before, I just cant seem to find them now

10-13-2002, 09:41 AM	#3
Lightspeed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 226	http://www.stylinconcepts.com/parts....rtfamilyid/828 maybe this is what you are looking for?

10-13-2002, 09:44 PM	#5
DarkFox1 in WAY over my head Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Douglasville GA Posts: 923	I'm mainly just looking for a pic to see if this is the look I'm after

10-13-2002, 10:37 PM	#8
DarkFox1 in WAY over my head Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Douglasville GA Posts: 923	cool, looks good, not sure if thats what I'm looking for. my problem is.. for every resto truck I see, 1 out of every like.. 12 looks good to me, the rest look.. bad.. I dont know what it is, I can't pinpoint it. I'm afraid I'm going to make the same mistake, or do the same thing, and wind up not liking my own truck. The truck in the picture looks really nice, but something about that cab.. it looks proportionally larger than it should be.. ah maybe I'm just being too picky thakns for the help guys.

10-13-2002, 10:42 PM	#9
Crank Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Crittenden, KY Posts: 1,965	Darkfox, I think I have the same problem about being too picky. But I think the truck looks off proportion is because it is a off angle shot and it's low so it make the cab look like it was custom made for Shaq, but also when you lower a truck, it throws off the proportions of the cab. Brandon

10-13-2002, 10:53 PM	#11
XXL Señor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Edge of the world Posts: 5,367	I feel strangely compelled to perpetuate this "picture in picture" thing we've got going here... BTW, I think this issue of proportionality is why a very small top chop is in order for lowered trucks. Kenneth Attached Images __________________ Craigslist \| ebay \| Engrishtees \| www.myattitudesucks.com \| Follow me on Twitter

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10-13-2002, 11:14 PM	#13
ChopTop Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: KINGWOOD TEXAS Posts: 515	OK XXL YOU'VE GOT TEARS COMING OUT NOW... CUT THAT OUT! LMAO!!! __________________ Member of the "Old Farts Club"

10-13-2002, 11:35 PM	#14
68 with 350 TPI Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wingate NC Posts: 456	hahaha you guys are too much The reason I did that pic of the computer screen is that when I tryed to attach the pic I got (too big to attach). Well I was lazy and dident feel like re sizing the pic. I had a digi cam here and I figured what the heck this will take like 3 seconds with the 3.5 floppy disk in the mavica NO way I would go through the trouble of getting film developed for that But hey look this is kinda neat Attached Images __________________ Life is good with a 6-71 supercharged 355 in a 72 camaro

10-14-2002, 03:44 AM	#15
Pont I need another Barley Pop Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,629	Here's the same pic not taken from a pic of my screen if you wanna play around and chop it. I like this grill and would seriously consider doing it to my 67. Attached Images __________________ 67 Short Fleet 4x4 04 Honda CRF450R 89 Toyota 4-Runner 34 Ford 2 door sedan - Long term project ---------------------------------------------- There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"



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10-14-2002, 10:15 AM	#16
DarkFox1 in WAY over my head Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Douglasville GA Posts: 923	ya, I'll definatley look into it. if I could only find a brand.. I know someone makes em, cos I've seen it before, cos I was looking at them back when I had the 71 front end, but decided I didn't like them in the 71.. but now I have the 67 front end.. so thats changed. I'm only doing a 2/4 drop.. I dont think a chop would be needed for such a thing.. I mean when I got the truck it probablly had the equivalent of a 2/4 drop from age :P

10-14-2002, 11:13 AM	#17
Cyco Path Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Robertsdale, AL, USA Posts: 77	That would be nearly the perfect truck if you were to take 2 feet out of the bed. And maybe remove the rain gutters. __________________ Looking for '67 to replace the '68 I sold. Robertsdale, AL

10-14-2002, 11:54 AM	#19
DarkFox1 in WAY over my head Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Douglasville GA Posts: 923	nice work.. wish I could photoshop like that

10-14-2002, 11:57 AM	#20
XXL Señor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Edge of the world Posts: 5,367	And here's a mild top chop for those of us who are bothered by the proportionality... Kenneth Attached Images __________________ Craigslist \| ebay \| Engrishtees \| www.myattitudesucks.com \| Follow me on Twitter

10-14-2002, 12:00 PM	#21
DarkFox1 in WAY over my head Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Douglasville GA Posts: 923	ARGH, you wanna explain how you're doin taht so well? lol, I'm trying to learn photoshop.. it will look good on a resume.. I've had it for a week www.redplanetsolutions.net is my sort of.. stand alone resume, its not really a company, that is.. I'll do stuff for people but uh.. I'm not tryin to say I'm anywhere near as good as you are lol

10-14-2002, 04:14 PM	#22
Chevyc10! Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Centerville Ga. USA Posts: 804	Found a link... They don't show a pic of the insert but they have the 2 piece billet grill available... http://www.streetbeatonline.com/bilgril67che.html __________________ 68 SWB The Surgeon General doesn't say anything about smoking a Ford!!! Would rather be ran over repeatedly by a Chevy than drive a Ford!!! Paralyzed from the neck up and confined to a hat! Kathleen, Georgia USA

10-14-2002, 11:07 PM	#23
DarkFox1 in WAY over my head Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Douglasville GA Posts: 923	cool, nicely priced too, thanks! it will be a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time before I need this tho. so I hope they still make it when I do :P

10-15-2002, 10:25 AM	#24
brennecke Registered User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Missouri Posts: 469	Raked, one piece window, shaved. Attached Images __________________ Never tire of doing what is right II Thess. 3:13 Northeast Missouri 71 LWB original 350 3/speed Soon to be 500

10-15-2002, 01:18 PM	#25
DarkFox1 in WAY over my head Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Douglasville GA Posts: 923	is it maybe the camera angle, or does that truck fade from a very dark blue to black right along the front? I konw a guy that wants a paintjob like that on his truck.. I like the 1 peice window also.. I was considering that.. but I'm not far enough along to really determine that.. I want my truck to be sporty, but not slammed, a 2/4 drop is as low as I'm going.. I dont want HUGE rims, but I want a smooth look. With the '67 front end.. that means I'm going to have no side markers, and since I'm relocating the gas tank, no filler neck on the cab either. I dont want black.. its impossible to take care of.. plus it gets pretty hot inside lol my layout for the truck currently: 67 front end 69 SWB frame, fleetside box GM 12 bolt 3.73 posi TH400 tranny, ~450-400 flexplate HP 350 (or 383 stroked) a/c p/s p/b maybe p/w p/l depending on how hard these are leather seats out of maybe a tahoe, console out of probablly the same tahoe stock guages with tach nice stereo with kick panel components, sub(s) where the gas tank was flush mount paint color bed cover with rhino lined interior maybe a filler neck door off of an S-10 or something rounded so that it keeps the sporty look but has practicality HID or diamondback halogen headlights shaved emblems, but no shaved handles/mirrors.. too impractical and now this billet grille hows that sound? heh

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