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Originally Posted by Slick
Re: 71-72 G T O differences.
In addition to the aforementioned air extractors, a very visible outward difference are the front grilles. In 71, they looked like chrome chain link fence, in 72, they were square opening black plastic.
The reverse grille change compared to a 66/67 G T O comparison.
Stuart
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Just looked at the pics. Can't tell what grills those cars had. That's why, when looking at online pics, I always look for the air extractors.
But, I understand the grill change deal. Same between '77 & '78 Bird grills. And, there were at least 3 difference grills among the '70-'73 Birds. The '72 grills were sorta honeycomb. The '73 grills had larger rectangles, rather than the small squares of the '70-'71 grills.
Never had a '71 or '72 GTO, nor ever had one at my shop. But, I just looked up some grill pics. The 1st thing I noticed is that the '72 grills are recessed several inches into the bumper, whereas the '71 grills are almost even with front of the bumper. Also, the holes in the grills are obviously different shapes.