Brian, a great thing you are doing in your Grandpa's memory.
As Cletis would probably say, you can't put it back like it came from the factory. It's only original once. I do understand about the family nostalgia. But in the final "anal"ysis we are talking about bolts!
My blood pressure is being held at bay. I am trying to be honest, not politically correct. It will not do a person any good to have a part number. They can not buy a "factory" replacement bolt that is made to replicate the old bolts. You can't order one by the part number. You may not know anything about the bolt if you did have the part number. If you did find the size, you still have to buy it at ACE. It won't be for a 51 5 window. Many other parts are available that are reproductions of original. But not bolts. I just now saw you may need a few replacement bolts and that is just fine. Until now, the question was sort of: where do the bolts in the can go? I tried to explain how that works.
The replacement bolts are at the hardware store and they are whatever ones that fit or they are the ones that match an existing "bad" bolt. Whatever kind of truck a person is building, for tribute or to haul firewood, the method of figuring out the hardware is the same. This subject is hard to be eloquent with but I am determined to answer it, fair and square, to help in this fine rebuild. BP 140/75.
When you finally get to ACE hardware, they do have some special automotive hardware in a separate section (mostly chrome stuff), other than that, just buy grade 5 hardware. There are anywhere from 0 to -10 grade 8 bolts on the truck.
Brian, if you scroll thru these
pages you will see various hardware kits covering 1951. You can either order the kits (keep them separate this time) or you can see what the hardware looks like to compare to yours. There are other vendors who have hardware kits. They are all just hardware from a hardware store, put together in a bag. They are not special 1951 purpose made.
Let us know how it all goes.
