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Old 12-28-2014, 03:52 AM   #1
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57 Hood on 56?

Will a 1957 Chevy truck hood fit a 1956 Chevy truck? Thanks for the help!!
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Old 12-28-2014, 04:38 AM   #2
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Re: 57 Hood on 56?

Yup
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Old 12-28-2014, 05:35 AM   #3
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sho' will !!!!
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Old 12-28-2014, 09:42 AM   #4
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And a 55 2nd!
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Old 12-28-2014, 09:45 AM   #5
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Re: 57 Hood on 56?

It would be a crime against all '57s.
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Old 12-28-2014, 12:21 PM   #6
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Re: 57 Hood on 56?

Yes, the 57 hood will fit on a 55 or 56. That is the way my truck came. Someone really cobbled up my truck. 57 hood on a 55, longbed frame cut off for a shortbed truck,.....
I am getting ready to buy a new 55 hood, so the 57 hood will be up for sale. I am with highsider, it is a crime to put the wrong hood on the truck, either way.
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Old 12-28-2014, 02:40 PM   #7
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Re: 57 Hood on 56?

... I actually like the combo of the '55-'56 egg crate grill and the '57 hood
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Old 12-28-2014, 05:21 PM   #8
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Re: 57 Hood on 56?

I salvaged the only decent piece of sheet metal - the hood - off of a beat up '57. I'm going to put it on my '55 with the '55 grill, I like that combo, too.
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Old 12-28-2014, 05:21 PM   #9
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Re: 57 Hood on 56?

In the early 70's the first thing a guy who was starting to fix up a 57 did was put a 55 or 56 hood on it and quite often the eggcrate grill to go with it.
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Old 12-28-2014, 05:30 PM   #10
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... I actually like the combo of the '55-'56 egg crate grill and the '57 hood *
I never said THAT was a crime!

* The grill is my tribute to the 55.2 I owned 46-years ago, in 1968, when I was 16.
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Old 12-28-2014, 06:03 PM   #11
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Re: 57 Hood on 56?

my truck is a '57 with a '56 grill. No hood lines because its a custom tilt nose
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