What is involved in changing a 46 Chevy Grill to a GMC

[Todd68Chevy]

Can someone tell me for sure what I need to change other than the grill to put a GMC grill in my 46 Chevy? I have a GMC hood and hood sides. I also have the lower splash pan behind the grill but not sure if I need it since I am not running the original frame under the truck. I also know the filler panels in the corner of the grill, hood and fender are different. What about the upper filler panel? What about the front trim that holds the front of the hood? Thanks.

Here is my build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=383658

[joedoh]

todd some of the guys here are also active on stovebolt.com, I dont normally advocate another forum but those guys are accurate to a hundred thousandth (sometimes exasperatingly and slightly disturbingly, but from a place of best intentions not malice) and I would bet you would get part numbers and an assembly manual page or two and maybe the correct angle to hold your tongue when installing from this question.

[Todd68Chevy]

Originally Posted by joedoh

todd some of the guys here are also active on stovebolt.com, I dont normally advocate another forum but those guys are accurate to a hundred thousandth (sometimes exasperatingly and slightly disturbingly, but from a place of best intentions not malice) and I would bet you would get part numbers and an assembly manual page or two and maybe the correct angle to hold your tongue when installing from this question.

I am sure you are correct and the answer is on there somewhere but I have not been on that site for a long time. Kind of a long story but I used to get on there from time to time and one day got into a discussion on 41-46 front fenders and stated I was running 1 ton front fenders not 1/2 ton/ 3/4 ton and not 1 1/2 ton large opening but small opening 1 ton fenders. After several guys informed me that they only made the 2 fenders and not 3 fenders. I tried to explain that I have all 3 and what the differences were between them and after a interesting discussion two of them informed me I was an idiot and did not know what I was talking about. So I have not been back on there since. I am sure there are a lot of good guys with good knowledge on there but if they are not willing to learn and think they already know everything then all they are doing is misinforming. Sorry about my rant but I am still bitter. I do not know everything about anything but I have checked into these fenders a lot and have even owned a 1 ton pick up along with the six 1 ton front fenders I have for my truck so I know they made 3 fenders.

Thanks for the advise and help. I will get back on there sometime and see what I can find. Thanks again.

[joedoh]

I am sorry to hear that. you are right that the feeling there is "being technically correct is the best kind of correct" but as long as you have some fairly thick skin for being corrected I have found it a useful resource, at least the positives for me outweigh the fiddly negatives.

I have seen in person three different front fender types. 1/2 3/4, the 1 - 1.5 and up, the ones you describe that my friend called a GMC 1 1/4 ton. I have even seen them for sale on the stovebolt classifieds so I am surprised they argued that point.

[slimbailess]

I believe you need a gmc core support to run a gmc grill. I tried to replace my gmc core support with a chevy one and it is different

[Todd68Chevy]

Originally Posted by slimbailess

I believe you need a gmc core support to run a gmc grill. I tried to replace my gmc core support with a chevy one and it is different

Thanks, I think I have almost found everything. I just need the filler panels between the fender, hood, hood side and grill. Might be able to modify my Chevy ones but hoping to find the correct ones. Thanks again for you time and information.