Diesel badge differences 1978-80 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**Corts60** · 02-19-2012, 02:29 AM

This thread is mostly for informational purposes only to help others out in the future.

So, for the very few of you that own and/or care about the diesel trucks from 1978-80, I found some differences today between the badges for Chevy and GMC trucks. The Chevy badges are rounded on the corners and the GMC badges are perfectly square as the photos show below. I stumbled upon this after scoring a NOS diesel badge off of ebay and then realizing it was different than the one on my truck. Hopefully this helps someone out in the future when looking for the correct badges.

-Cort

**special-K** · 02-19-2012, 08:02 AM

I never noticed that. Pretty unusual to do it different on Chevy from GMC

02-19-2012, 02:29 AM	#1
Corts60 Just here to tinker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Holland, MI Posts: 3,672	Diesel badge differences 1978-80 This thread is mostly for informational purposes only to help others out in the future. So, for the very few of you that own and/or care about the diesel trucks from 1978-80, I found some differences today between the badges for Chevy and GMC trucks. The Chevy badges are rounded on the corners and the GMC badges are perfectly square as the photos show below. I stumbled upon this after scoring a NOS diesel badge off of ebay and then realizing it was different than the one on my truck. Hopefully this helps someone out in the future when looking for the correct badges. -Cort __________________ 78 C10 SWB Diesel #1 (wrecked)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...1978+silverado 78 C10 SWB Diesel #2 (sold)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=650751 60 GMC Suburban (sold)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=445526 60 GMC 1000 (sold)http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=298235 67 GMC 1500 (sold) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=803695 86 Suburban(summer unit) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=810697 88 Suburban 4x4(winter unit)https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...25#post8900725

02-19-2012, 08:02 AM	#2
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Diesel badge differences 1978-80 I never noticed that. Pretty unusual to do it different on Chevy from GMC __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~



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