ajdouble
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- Oct 23, 2024
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- Location
- somewhere in texas
- First Name
- mark
- Truck Year
- 1979
- Truck Model
- 1500/c10
- Engine Size
- 250
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After 8 square body pickups and Burbs (5 Burbs, 3 pickup) and Dad and I having to go through each one, bumper to bumper, multiple times...some of those things are pretty stuck in my memories. More than once, we were under a truck late Sunday night because it had to be taking someone to work the next morning.@bucket @TotalyHucked @HotWheelsBurban My fricken brain hurts after gaining all that knowledge from reading your posts!! Holy crap---did GM keep anything the same besides their exterior sheetmetal design!
I'll get some underhood pictures for you and post them up, hopefully soon, because I am very curious now.
My problem is, I do NOT want to cut a hole in that hood for the twin carbs--so I will let it sit for now and leave it alone. I love the tunnel ram I have on my dually, but I don't like the thought of cutting a nice hood---and for what, so i can have a nicer hood than what the rest of my truck is at the moment
Hey gents, here is the underside of the hood--what's your thoughts?
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Well that's good to know! Man, if I keep this up I'll have a song similar to Johnny Cash, except about a squarebodyThat's a '77 hood. It was the first year for the safety catch provision that was part of the inside hood release option and the last year without a provision for the cowl safety interlock thing.
A '77 hood will have this little rectangular opening ahead of the striker plate:
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But not have anywhere to mount this reinforcement bracket back near the cowl:
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^^^That's a '78 hood. So while all '73-'78 hoods look the same on the outside, the '77 is a one-year hood and the '78 is a one-year hood too. You can use any hood on any of them, but earlier ones need modified if you have the inside hood release or if you happen to have the cowl interlock doohickey.
It's not just the squares, I have friends with OBS trucks that are made up of parts of many different trucks. Even my stock Crew Cab has parts off like 5 different trucks from the wrecking yards. Be 6 or 7 after my next trip, I need a hood and a few other bits.Well that's good to know! Man, if I keep this up I'll have a song similar to Johnny Cash, except about a squarebody
It's not just the squares, I have friends with OBS trucks that are made up of parts of many different trucks. Even my stock Crew Cab has parts off like 5 different trucks from the wrecking yards. Be 6 or 7 after my next trip, I need a hood and a few other bits.