73|80 to 81|91 Front End Conversion

73-80 to 81-91 Front End Conversion The 1973 - 1987 Chevrolet & GMC Squarebody Pickups Message Board.

use the 81-87 bushings on the 81-97 frame. The 73-80 bushings are not wide enought and would fall through the hole in the perch. I just reused ...

73-80 to 81-87 Frontend conversion by Monzter. ... Well I just swapped my 73 Suburbans clip out for a front clip of a 86 Chevy truck.

The front of the frame is no big deal. If you can look at them behind the bumper you will see that the newer truck is cut on an angle to fit the ...

Convert your dual headlight 1983-87 and 1988-91 Crew Cab pickup's front bumper to the 1981-82 style bumper with integrated parklights.

I just bought a 1980 DUMP 4X4 Central Hydraulics, 8.5 blade Flink Salt spreader, New motor & Trans. I am selling my 86' 2wd dump.

Mine is an 82 K5 if that makes a difference. As I understand it, all that is required to put the 73-79 round headlight front clip on a 82 ...

one of my friends has got an 84 cab and frame...wants to know if a 73-80 front clip swap over?

Our 1986 white squarebody GMC work truck gets a facelift from a 1978 GMC. See what is involved in the generation conversion for a front clip ...

Well there is a fair mount of work Changing 73-80 to 81-87 front clip .Will take some pic to give you an idea what needed & mod that have to be ...

... 91 trucks but I like the looks of the 80-86 trucks. Is there a lot of fabrication involved or is it basically a swap and bolt up deal? Any ...

I have a 82 2wd k5 and want to update the front grille to the 89-91 style. I'm newb to this front end swap and wanted to know if I need to ...

The 1978 squarebody GMC crew cab gets a front clip swap from our 1986 work truck. The '78 front clip is rusty and the hood is disintegrating ...

That was for 81-87 trucks and it was like $1100 for 73-80 trucks.

You'll have to be more specific as to what years you want to swap. As styling year breaks are C/K series '81-87 and GMT400 series '88-98.

I love the bubble back and the weight loss of the 80-82, but I have an internal battle for a chrome bumper. But having BOTH would just be too ...

I have been looking at putting new front fenders and hood on my 91 fullsize and was wondering if i can put the first gen front clip on.

78-79 header panel is different then the 80-81 panel. Yes a malibu front end is the same. Tire Wheel Vehicle Car Hood. 1987 4.3L Conquista

Finally completed my front clip swap! I bought a 1984 F150 as a ... I also used an 87-91 cowl panel, since it was an upgraded design ...

The 70-73 bumper will line up with 81 fenders however it doesn't bolt to them. The bumper bolts to large brackets that attach to the sub frame.