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Have spent the past 3 hours trying to put a repo grill on our 53. The holes just won't match up. We have losened both fenders and inner fenders. Good thing we have tape around everything or we would have a ton of scartches. Our original grill had some of the outer bars cut for fog lights, so we couldn't use it. The quality of the grill is definitely poor. I guess we will try to elongate some of the holes and try again. Will let you know how it turns out!

Would it be possible to loosen up the grill some, make sure the holes do actually line up, and then tighten it up after a little movement?

Good Luck.

I will give that a try Colin. Just about ready to go tackle it again.

http://www.chuckthetruck.com/page16.html

"If I hadn't taken it apart, I would have sworn this grille came from a different truck..."

Well I finally got it late last night. I used awls in the bottom 2 holes and had my son pull up on both of them at the same time to get the top bolt in. It worked on that side, the other side only needed one awl and some pulling on it. Grand total 6 hours to get the grill in. That includes the top and bottom valances. Bottom was much tougher than the top valance. But it sure does look good now!!

which vender did you get the grill from , Iam looking at get one rather pay more for better quaility

Motherstruckers.net Is where we purchased the grille. Quality was good.

Close ... it's MotherTruckers! Here\'s the link. They are in Florida.

That's what I get for not previewing my post, thanks John and Peg.