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07-11-2020, 01:16 PM | #1 |
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Front end conversion 85 to 67
Has anyone tried to convert the front clip on their square body to a 1967-68 style?
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07-11-2020, 03:16 PM | #2 |
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Cant say that I've ever seen it done...
but I could imagine it would be a extreme amount of fab work, as none of the bodylines and contours would even be close to matchng What's the idea behind it?
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07-11-2020, 03:36 PM | #3 |
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Probably easier to body swap the early cab and sheetmetal onto the later frame...
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07-12-2020, 06:53 AM | #4 |
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Definitely a lot of work if it were done. One thing that would distract is the wheel opening difference, 67-72 is rounded, not squared. would look odd compared to the rear wheel well openings.
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07-12-2020, 02:40 PM | #5 |
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Yes it is a lot of metal work. Ive been hammering it out slowly. Here you can see the fenders are done, core support blended into the peaked grill, the grill is narrowed and fitted, the headlights were mated to the core support. And the bumper was reshaped and tucked in tighter. The hood still needs to be reshaped to resemble that of the 67. I will show pictures of the hood once Im completely done with it. I only have half of it reshaped to fit the 67 grill. This truck is full of custom metal work. I will post pictures once I finish the hood. That is the last of the metal work.
Yes, that is a 440 six pack hood.
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Ok..I see what your doing now...I thought you meant swapping the whole front clip (fenders,grill & hood) from the 67 to a squarebody cab...
Small back window? Should be one of a kind..
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
That looks Good.
Do you plan to put the 67 front bumper on it? .
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07-12-2020, 03:43 PM | #8 |
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
No, I modified the 85 front bumper to fit. The 67 front is much more pointed, so I peaked the 85 bumper. It fits better now than It ever fit the stock 85. Gaps are pulled in tight. Yes, small back window and blazer/bronco style body too
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Great work. .
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Heck...you need more pics of what your doing ...do you have a build thread?
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Ahhh, you kept square style fenders. It looks good Lot of metal work there.
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07-13-2020, 08:10 PM | #12 |
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
I saw a post on a squarebody group on Facebook a few days ago where a guy put a 67-68 on a 2010 or newer truck.
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07-13-2020, 09:17 PM | #13 |
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Not liking the wheel well shape. Is it just me or is the nose dropping down? I would have left the full 2010 wheel well. I would like to see under the hood to see how he will blend that in.
Thanks for the photo. Always good to see someone else’s vision
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It looks very nose heavy. Almost a bit of a Superduty appearance. 65standard, you're truck looks awesome! How are you going to title the thing? It's hardly an 80's truck anymore. Any chance your next project will be the GTO/k10 mashup that I've seen photoshop pics of? I'd like to see to a well-executed version of that combo in real life.
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
WOW!! That's cool.
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Holy crap someone else put a mopar six pack hood scoop on a 73-87. Did we just become best friends?
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Finally back to work on the front sheet metal. Finished fabricating the hood. Just need to finish welding the rear spoiler and Im done with all the custom metal work.
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Great Job.
Thanks looking great. .
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
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I am quite interested in how this will turn out. Love the hood
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10-09-2020, 11:29 AM | #20 |
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Its coming out pretty good.
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Did you make more progress?
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Re: Front end conversion 85 to 67
Very nice work so far! I'd like to see the rear spoiler too.
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