Quote Originally Posted by geezer101 View Post
I was toying with the idea of modding something from a similar era and shape front end like this -
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-83-Mal...GQl7:rk:1:pf:0
And then I noticed there are billet grilles for these models as well. The profile looks similar to the L200 front end. A bit of trimming, some hand formed brackets, a H4 headlight swap and some LED DRL/driving lights + indicators - and there's a complete custom front.
If the angle is right, it looks like it would be fairly easy to fit, but you would need head light surrounds. The grille i made for the blue ute has a full flat return to the top of the radiator support. I will track down photos soon. I think I'm going to go back to twin headlights and standard shape bonnet with it now but I will most likely make another pattern and mould for a fibreglass 'GSR' grille with the same return back to the radiator support- makes it a lot simpler to mount. Something like that billet grille could be mounted at the top to a fiberglass grille that also has headlight surrounds. Probably worth the punt to get one of those billet grilles to see how close the angle is. Would also not be that difficult to make one the same way getting someone to bend the 1/4"bars & drilling off rivet holes.