So among other things, the inner fender wells of my C60 are really suffering from the PNW damp, it's absolutely destroying the Chevy part of my Carpenter coach school bus. I don't know what they put on the Carpenter coach metal, but it's not rusting notably at all-and I've even been inside the body as when I cut the holes for the RV refrigerator vents. It's a complete conversion and I live in it, so I'm pretty sure that since it was the Johnson era, there's a nice safe lead based coating inside and it's killing me slowly.. but anyway..
The Chevrolet front clip, however.. not so much. It's really decaying. :-(
I've noticed that I can buy brand new left and right inner fenders (the hood bolts to them, they seem to attach to the firewall with bolts, and also underneath the top edges of the fenders) for a C30. The hood is significantly wider on a C60, but I don't know if they made the width by making the flat, outer beer ledge part of these fenders wider or if they just made a bigger gap between the fender wells and the frame. In terms of length front to back, I never measured but it seems like the six and eight cylinder engines options sit the same, I don't know if the front clip is longer or not.
Are the C30 parts compatible? They're not super cheap, I'd be in it over $500 for the pair, but four generations of my family have participated in the buildout of this bus over three decades. So money's less of an object. I also need at minimum the left fender and a hood.
While I'm at it, there are big rubber bushings that seem to support the front clip, just ahead of where it bolts to the bus body, and they along with their body mounts are also looking pretty destroyed. Is there even a source for medium duty Chevy parts like these? I feel like there's a high end MIG welder purchase in my near future..
Thank you in advance for any resources you could provide.
