'78 CJ Grill installed on/in a '69 CJ

[rocmoc]

Has anyone else done this? I want to run the larger radiator the '78 grill can accommodate, gets warm here in AZ. I sit the '78 grill on my '69 and everything looks good except the lower center mount. It is too high (the mount on front cross-member) and the radiator has to sit higher in the grill opening as the bottom of the rad sits atop the cross-member. Before I start cutting I would like to hear what others have done.

Thanks,
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

 

[CJ]

You'll have to make a new crossmember (grill support), after that it's a pretty straight forward swap.

 

[tarry99]

Has anyone else done this? I want to run the larger radiator the '78 grill can accommodate, gets warm here in AZ. I sit the '78 grill on my '69 and everything looks good except the lower center mount. It is too high (the mount on front cross-member) and the radiator has to sit higher in the grill opening as the bottom of the rad sits atop the cross-member. Before I start cutting I would like to hear what others have done.

If you are still running the stock 69 Radiator , you might just consider upgrading to the newer Aluminum versions with a proper shroud and fan...........that cooling problem will go away.