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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Body, Glass & Paint => Topic started by: Hollowman on December 01, 2012, 10:20:12 am
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This is a Chevy K30 '86?:
(http://213.132.112.104/images_full/48/4802725514.jpg)
This is a Chevy C10 Suburban '80 (but the front is from '75?):
(http://www1.garaget.org/archive/173/172885/275878/275878-2907876.jpg)
Does the K30 hood fit on my Suburban? The K30 owner is scrapping his truck, and he thinks the hood doesn't fit mine, but I wanted to ask the experts here. 8)
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No the hinging is different between 73-80 and 81-91. There are more differences in the contour towards the front and the 81 on up has a cowl piece and different wipers mechanism than the 73-80.
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How does the front differ between '75 and '80? I know the car is from '80, but the previous owner said the front came from a '75.
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Anything between 75-80 will interchange. The design "lip" for lack of a better word on the pictured hood is not there on the older hoods. I am talking about the trim line on the very front of the hood.
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http://www.gmsquarebody.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4201 has illustrations on what I am trying to explain. See the hood difference change in the very front of the 79-80 hoods.
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I am not a member there so I can't see it. :'(
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OK, here is 2 pictures that I copied for you. The first is a 75 hood and the second is like yours on a 79
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So the front of mine is definitely from '80 (or at least not '75)?
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All I can say for sure is the hood pictured on the Suburban is a 79-80 hood. If you had a better picture of the grill I might be able to tell you but being flush and not inset it reminds me of 77-78 but I am not as versed on the pre-81's as I am the 81-91 style
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Great, thanks! Here it is:
(http://www1.garaget.org/archive/173/172885/275878/275878-2597778.jpg)
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1980 Grill with 1977-78 headlight surrounds is the combo I believe you have.
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There's a thread on here somewhere that has an illustration of 73-87 differences. I don't recall which thread but if you feel like searching...
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If he is junkig the k30 you should grab the Dana 60.
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He is! I should, but I have nothing to put it on. I don't want it on my Suburban, I would prefer a pick-up for that.
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Where is he located? I'd love to snatch both the front and rear end for my '76.
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I think it is Varberg, on the Swedish southwest coast. 8)
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Ah, about a mile too far for me :o