The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk '46 fenders and ?'s

Take it from someone who has all but become an expert of buying and selling parts to "upgrade". I think I have gone through 5 full grills now. I actually have two full grills that are perfect. One full one is NOS and the other is used but in great condition. Sorry...I'm keeping them both at least until I re-assemble my truck. Classic Finn actually bought one of my upper grills. Very nice but needed a repair of a hole that was drilled in it years ago. Grills are out there. just keep watching e-bay and don't give up. A full grill with little damage typically goes for $200-250. oCCATIONALLY THEY GO FOR MORE.

I've had less luck on fenders. They are very expensive to ship due to their size. I am on my third pair for the front and am settling to use two pairs to make one. Just need to find a good metal guy to do it. I was very lucky in that I found a pretty good set of rear fenders for undre $400. Even then there is probably another $200-200 in work to be done on them before paint.

A good three years ago I saw for a very sort time an NOS set of front fenders on e-bay. No bids for several days then the day before it ended it was ended early because of a local buyer. I was really kicking myself for not bidding right away. Never have seen another NOS 1/2 fender out there.

Make up your mind right away if fiberglass is acceptable and then don't look back. I went and bought some fiberglass parts and surely enough, shortly after the purchases I found the metal parts! Used fiberglass parts are not worth much even if they are not really even used.

Just keep looking and take the advise someone above gave: get a quote on fixing what you have then base your price range based on that considering that someone out there will be happy to buy yours when you are done. Someone always has a part in worse shape than your.