55 Chevy Truck Grille on a 57

[OKGMC4]

Mine is a hybrid of 56 Chevy AND 56 gmc

[mr48chev]

Ancient thread and a controversial one but swapping away from the 57 grill was pretty much standard procedure in the 70's. I wanted to do it on the 57 Panel I had in the mid 70's and Hardwa's photos show why I didn't. I actually traded the panel back for my 48 before I found a 55/56 nose.

[duramax55]

okgmc4 nice looking truck was wondering if you could tell me where you got your grill and hood grill from been looking for the hood grill and can not find one . Thanks Denis

[OKGMC4]

Grill was on eBay many years ago. It’s for a 56 Chevy and I had to use an original 56 grill shell and Chevy upper and lower valance. Had to make the hood grill from scratch. My father in law Was a machinist and he made the pieces, I fitted them, and a buddy tig welded it for me.

[57tailgater]

Originally Posted by OKGMC4

Not to jack the thread but...is that dimple and hole on the 57 fender a 57 only kind of deal? Both of mine have that, but they came with my 56 GMC, and both had the gmc hydramatic emblems on them. The GMC mustache would cover it and I honestly thought it was a gmc thing, not a 57 thing. I suppose they aren't original but they were the correct color and didn't have another color underneath. Anyone seen that before? The fun part is I'm going to use a 56 chevy upper, lower, and grill shell with a billet insert, but I'm trying to retain the mustache and the GMC hood, which would essentially make mine look like a 57 GMC with a set of billet grills.

The recess/dimples and holes in the fenders are unique to a '57 Chevy as compared to 55/56's which do not have them. I do not know about GMC's.