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#1213003 04/14/2017 4:28 AM
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I just saw a pic of a GMC front end and it had cross bracing rods on the leading edge of the radiator support. My 52 GMC ambulance didn't have any, but then it didn't have a radiator either.:) Are they original/ critical/necessary? Sure looks like they may interfere with the A/C condenser. Thanks for the help.

Richard


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Nice photos, Mark. Thanks

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Yes, thanks for the pics Mark, but what about a GMC? Radiator actually sits inside the support and there is a matching channel bow over the top, hence my question "original/necessary?" Any GMC AD owners can add to the info?

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1952 GMC Army Ambulance
"Building the Dream"
The story begins here in the DITY Gallery
Follow the build in the Project Journals
(If you can't wait, the "final pictures" and details are in Panels & Burbs)
First vehicle-1967 Chevy short bed pickup. Sold when got married frown | 1953 Chevy pickup restored-sold to purchase Toy Hauler trailer | 1964 GMC long bed Pickup 305 big block V/6 bought to restore with son and his 14 yr old son
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Never seen those braces on any of the GMC's I have owned. I'm thinking Chevy only.


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Thanks for the reply. That's what I'm thinking.


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1952 GMC Army Ambulance
"Building the Dream"
The story begins here in the DITY Gallery
Follow the build in the Project Journals
(If you can't wait, the "final pictures" and details are in Panels & Burbs)
First vehicle-1967 Chevy short bed pickup. Sold when got married frown | 1953 Chevy pickup restored-sold to purchase Toy Hauler trailer | 1964 GMC long bed Pickup 305 big block V/6 bought to restore with son and his 14 yr old son

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