1970 K20 Z62 Full Restoration

[IronCanine]

Ok...grille time. And fair warning, we won't get to a resolution with tonight's posts. But a lot to talk about. First the particulars of the '69/'70 grilles are pretty well fleshed out in this thread:

https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=803128

I have on two previous builds used reproduction inner and outer grilles which were copies of actual GM parts...that were never actually put on trucks at the assembly plant. In other words the actual GM service replacement parts were not factory correct. As most of you know all the NOS outer grilles that are traded now cut short the bar lines before the headlight buckets, unlike the assembly line versions. I have never seen an assembly line correct NOS (in a box) outer '69/'70 grille.

The inner grilles for '69/'70 (which were very different) were homologated into a single part number that was not assembly line correct for either 1969 or 1970, but mostly right for both in different ways. I have seen three assembly line correct NOS 1970 inner grilles...and I got lucky enough to get my hands on one. Below are pics of that NOS piece as well as a pics of the reproduction grille we used on the 1969 K10 and 1970 K5. There are several things that could be fairly nitpicked on both trucks.