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| | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 258 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 258 | Question regarding interchange of front sheetmetal on the '49-'53 GMC 1/2-ton thru 1-ton pick-ups...
Are the grilles, hoods, hoodlatch pans the same fit (Not worried about chrome vs. paint).
I have a '49 GMC pick-up with a pretty rusty and bent-up chrome grille, and I've recently been given a decent grille, hood. and related miscellany from a '53 GMC...were there any grille changes between '49 & '53 ?
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Not as far as I know, but I know Chevies better. A '49 grille should fit a '53, as long as it is in the same size range.
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | Check the website in my signature - there was an early version of the GMC sheet metal and a late version - likewise with the grille. It changed around '48 or '49. How many bars are in the grille - 3 or 4? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | The grill did change during those years. I think that they were different widths and thus the surround piece would be different. | | |
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