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TUBE GRILLE on 72
I know this may be blasphemy... but I m interested In good recommendations for a tube grille for my 72. I need a new outer shell anyway so may as well go all out. Those of have done this where did you get yours from and how was the fit? Thanks guys
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
So you are talking replacing the egg crate center section with tubes? I personally really like that look, but have never found a set that I would like. The ones Im talking about are actual tube grills from the 60's and 70's. I have seen billet square tube grills, but not my style so I never looked in to them.
BTW its not blasphemy to build your truck the way you want it =)
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
Had one on the 72 when I bought it was nice but wasn’t the look I wanted. No idea the brand though
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
Bean there are professionals that can help you with this weird thought
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
I support your idea, although I don't know who makes them now. I'm sure there are vintage ones available that you could restore.
Everything that is old is new again: if you want a tube grill I think it would look good with some cragars etc.
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
It's not a weird thought because companies used to make them by the hundreds. Maybe outdated, but was once common. I remember JC Whitney had pages of different car front ends sporting tube grilles
I put one in this Blazer because it was less likely to damage off road, and to be custom. Hey! It was early '80s. Cut me a brake! ![]() The whole way they came about is they are an easy way to create a custom grille. They were super popular back in the good old days when custom meant do it yourself
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
^ True. In fact, I made a tube grille for my '68 Skylark, many years ago. Certainly cheaper than stock.
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
You might want to research that you can actually get your fingers thru the grill to open the hood if you retain the stock latching system, some you cannot.
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
After some close inspection of store bought billet grills that are WAY overpriced I decided to make my own. I used a 1/2" stainless steel thin wall tubing, 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 16 gauge stainless steel angle. It was quite simple to make actually, the hardest part was getting the center bend angle on all 8 pieces correct. I used 4 sticks of 10' thin wall stainless tubing and one 10' piece of angle. I fastened it in four places with 10-32 stainless screws. If I make another one I'd make the top and bottom tubes slightly longer to fill the contour of the headlight bezels. .23 stainless wire with Argon gas set very low on the welder... PS. Evenly spaced there's enough room to fit your hand to reach the hood latch.
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
I remember Bigfoot had a tube grille. The original owner had put a square tube, wheels, and tires on this '78 Silverado I had. This picture is days after buying it. I ended up putting a '73 grille in it with the 454 badge. It's funny, back before drop spindles lowering was flip kit and cut the front coils. I bought a Rancho kit that called for cutting coils and gave part #s for shorter shocks.
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
I bought mine from SOKY Classics. It's been a few years now. Not bad to install. I did put a push bar up to the latch handle accessed below the bumper.
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
My 71 had one . I replaced it first day. It was probably JC Whitney circa 1974. It was a heavily built piece.
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
It's not a tube grille, but something similar:
https://www.lmctruck.com/1967-72-che...ille-chevrolet Very pricey, though. I do think it would be pretty easy to fabricate one, though.
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
I created the look using the original grill. Just painted black in between the horizontal parts.
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
That's a great way to get that look! Nice work.
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
Rickjz that looks great!
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
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Mine isn't a tube, but to overcome the latch problem it has a piece of threaded rod double nutted into the latch handle and it extends down just past the bottom of the bumper. It actually works very well. Your hood has to open easily and you have to keep all of the moving parts lubed though. LockDoc
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
Where did you get your grille lockdoc?
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
It was already installed in the truck when I got it. I got the truck from member "Kingsolver72" so I will ask him if it was there when he got it or if he installed it. LMC does carry them as well as a few other suppliers. Just type '72 Chevy Billet Grille into Google https://www.lmctruck.com/1967-72-che...-for-chevrolet There are a couple of different ones as far as the number of bars, mine has 19. LockDoc
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Re: TUBE GRILLE on 72
That is a really cool and subtle look, I am surprised I have not seen it done before.
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