greetings. I am a new participant in your excellent forum. I have gone to the pages many time when I have had a question and it has been very informative.
My friend and I are working on a 1946 chevy truck that I purchased from the original owner. It sat in my barn for 40 years before I pulled it out and started. It is 7 years later and we are almost done. it was a complete rebuild, nut and bolt, and all of the body work needed to be done. My friend has done all of the body work and as we are putting it back together we have hit a bump in the road.
when i purchased the truck the owner had hit a deer on the driver side and the fender was not repairable. i purchased a NOS front fender. as we are putting the front end on the passenger side, which was not damaged, it bolt right up. on the drivers side it is a different story. putting on the new fender it bolts right up to the running board but when lining it up with the side sheet it seems to be about 1 inch off compared to the holes in the fender. this difference throws off the drivers side and nothing will fall in place without modifications. we are very frustrated to say the least.
I have been researching the difference in fenders between the 1/2, 3/4, 1, 1 1/2, and 2 ton trying to determine if we have the wrong fender. I was told the fenders from the 1941-1946 were all the same.
with the above information can someone help us understand if there is a difference in how the holes line up to the side engine shield? also, could this possibly be a fender from an older model model than the '40s? I saw that the fender opening is one of the difference because of different size of the wheels used for the different models. have measured the passenger fender and the opening is the same on the drivers side fender. so we are at a loss.
your help would be appreciated.
