Dan, the reproductions are crazy expensive. It appears they recently went up in price even more, like everything else. I bought one at Hershey two years ago that the vendor told me was a '36 but it's not. It's a '37-'38. After I discovered that I was hoping to modify it to work, but I don't think that's going to be possible. I would need to shorten it and reshape some of the bends, and I think I would probably end up just ruining it if I tried.
The tie bar rusted away on mine on one side, so I took it off to fix that. Half of the mounting screws were rusted fast and broke off. The hinge screws were brass and two of them twisted right off. Both lower screws for the crank twisted off. It's got bubbling from rust in several spots and is an eyesore on an otherwise nice truck. As you stated, Filling Station and others are made to order, and they say 6 to 10 weeks, and that's if you want to pay the price for one.
Thought it worth a shot to see if anyone here has one.
Last edited by RBs36; 07/12/2026 3:52 PM.
