Front Clip

[Dudewith4x4]

Originally Posted by 68 TT

Biggest problem is the hood hinges need a little material added to the cowl area to mount them properly and the wiper arm stands are taller with a different bolt pattern.

It's been covered on here many times. Do a search for clip swap and you will find them.

Thanks for the info. I did a search on google and here and found nothing so I started this thread.

Please send me a link if you have one.

Originally Posted by joebuick

Hey Dudewith4X4,,,, Yeah, I did this very swap for 2 reasons. first is my 80 fenders and doors had some serious rust and second I wanted the dual lights. The fenders are the same, except for the bolt holes where they attach to the radiator support and the hood hinges attach in different locations on the later fenders. The later hoods use 2 hinges per side. One hinge attaches to the fender and the other hinge (rear one) is a whole different animal,,!! You will need to cut some of your 80 firewall and build some metal bases for the rear hinges. This was the hardest part of this swap, but the later hinges work so much better and do not put such a strain on those long hoods when trying to close them. That is why you see so many of these hoods with a bend in the middle or straps of metal on the underside for support. You need the later radiator support for 2 reasons, the hood latch is different and the cutouts for the 4 headlight buckets will be different. Use the wiring harness from the later truck and splice the wires in. I used the harness from a 86 and the wires were identically colored. It took me a couple of days to do this as the hinge thing took a lot of time measureing and re-measureingand we decided to weld the rear hinges to the new bases as you still have sone adjustment where they bolt to the hood. I used the front doors from a 86 crew cab and they fit like a glove. no mods needed here. Let me know if you decide to do this and I will help where I can.

Wow. Thats alot of info and what I was looking for. Thanks man. Ill diffenatly ask if I have question. Thanks. So you think I'll be able to do this? lol