Well, it looks like I have the front fenders and hood sold off the truck, (I have better ones) so I jumped back to it for a few days. I screwed up when I built my motor mounts. I set the motor in regards to the firewall instead of the radiator, so I can only run an electric fan instead of a mechanical one and I do not want that. The only alternative was to move the radiator forward. I decided to get this done before tearing the frontend apart.
Stock Chevy.
Stock GMC. I decided to use these parts from the suburban I hauled home earlier.
I changed the side supports and upper bar to the GMC.
I added a cut up Chevy lower half to get an idea of how it will look.
I didn't like how tall it was, so I cut 1 3/8 " off the upper support and this placed the upper support bolts in the lower support bolt holes.
Once the bodywork is done and the new front sheet metal is together, I'll blend the GMC upper portion with the Chevy lower half. Time to jump back on Diana's truck and the Airstream.