What year front clip do you like best?

[Strick]

I've learned sum'n new, after dealings with probably 100 or more squares. '76 is the last year for the deep grille...I thought it was '75.

Strickland

 

[CheemsK1500]

New to this forum. Have a 1990 GMC Jimmy and I want to change the front end looks of it. Thinking about the 1984 grille, bumper, and stacked headlight. What your favorite front clip? Here's mine now.

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Here's what I'm thinking

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You are a man of great taste and I wish you luck in your quest to find a solid 6 panel 83-84 grille. They are quite difficult to find these days. A guy once offered me a 91 Suburban radiator support and grille to put on my '85 C10, I told him that I typically do that conversion the other way around like you're suggesting and he looked at me like I was crazy.

 

[bluex]

This is the best one but I might be biased a little

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[bluex]

My '76 High Sierra has the same grille and I also have one from a '73/74 truck. I was comparing them and they are both the "deep" grilles. I thought that '76 is when the more shallow grille was installed but looking at my stash and at your truck then obviously they were deep until '77.
That's a great looking truck too, btw.

Strickland

Gmc kept the deep grill through 76. Chevy went to the thinner one in 75.

 

[Strick]

I've had a bunch of '73-'80 trucks & though that I knew most if not all...but here I am surprised again. Thanks for the info fellas.

Strickland

 

[CheemsK1500]

Aftermarket companies are cranking out grilles for nearly every Chevy year and 85-87 GMC and grilles like there's no tomorrow, but still haven't made a correct 83-84 grille. Maybe one day we'll get lucky. Until then, I'll just keep piecing together junkyard grilles.

 

[Soundmound]

I feel most partial to my '84 and am currently rehabbing it back to life. Truth is, any flavor of GM truck grille is more appealing to me than a grille with one of them goats or a blue oval.

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[45tt]

Best front clip of all time

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[Turbo4whl]

This is the best one but I might be biased a little

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I agree, 1973 & 1974.

 

[CheemsK1500]

Best front clip of all time

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Someone actually took a real-life LTD wagon and made a clone of the movie car. It sold for 100k.

For $100K, this LTD Family Truckster replica must be “a damn fine automobile” - Hagerty Media

Or maybe someone just overpaid.

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[Redfish]

If my kid were as ugly as the nose of an 89-91 I'd accuse my wife of cheating and give it up for adoption.

My kid is that ugly, that's how I know he's mine.


@45tt your truck is just...The Best.

@1990Jimmy if I were you I would stay with what came on the Jimmy. Your truck looks superb just like it is. Like others have said, getting a 1984 GMC grill is next to impossible, if you do find one you will have a lot of work to do to get it looking decent. There are plenty of '87ish GMC grills available new but you cannot find the GMC letters for them. I had to re-use my individual G.M.C. letters when I replaced my '87 grill.

My favorite front clip was the 1977 GMC. My second favorite was the '83-'84 Chevrolet. However...In the immortal words of Stephen Sills: If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with. So my current love is the 1987 GMC.

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[gmbellew]

I like the 89-91, personally. I'd never change my 90 burb. I did upgrade headlights to LMC housings and 9012 bulbs to improve the night vision.

I am also partial to the stacked headlights moreso than the round eyes. but none of them look bad.

I'd probably never swap a front clip on a square and just keep it as God intended.

 

[hogdaddy]

I probably would have not changed if mine had Silverado front but have all the parts now for swap to 89-91 burb/blazer front grill.
The single headlight Scottsdale grill was not doing it for me.

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[HOTFOOT]

For me it’s the 80 Squirtle but with a 75-76 gmc grill

 

[Bennyt]

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