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How to swap in a 68 hood??
I currently have a 70 GMC, but I would like to know what item will have to be changed to go to a 68 stylr hood on my GMC or a 70-72 Chevy. Thanks ahead of time. Greg
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To do it on your 70 GMC you will have to swap out the radiator support and switch to a 67-68 grill. That's the only "bolt-in" way. Otherwise you could modify the leading edge of the hood of the grill to make it fit. The 67-68 grill sort of hangs over. Same concern with doing the same conversion on a 69-72 Chevy.
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I am not too sure how these pictures will show up but they will give you a general idea. You are going to run into similar problems on Chevy's and GMC's. There are additional fender/grill problems when switching over a Chevy but that shouldn't hurt you since you have a GMC.
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So, with either Chevy or GMC, I need to change to a 67/68 Chevy radiator support and grille, then add the 67/68 Chevy hood. If adding this to a GMC the fenders are OK, but on a 69-72 Chevy I would also have to add the 68 Chevy fenders.....Correct? Doesn't seem that bad, and I think it looks better, especially with the 68 cowl induction hood.....ooooooooohhhh.
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What you said is correct. You can use a 67-68 GMC hood as well.
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Question,
What is the differences in the rad. supports from '68 to '70 and is there any difference between the '67 chevy rad support and a '68 GMC besides the twin headlights? Thanks, Paul
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I think the hood latch on the rad support is different from 69 up. I am pretty sure the dual headlights is your only difference on the Chevy/GMC rad supports.
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If I'm not mistaken, you can take the dual headlight brackets off the GMC support and put the single Chevy buckets on, just drill out the spot welds holding the brackets on.
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Thanks, I'm glad to have access to experts!! Greg
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