I think with today's CMM capability you could get them duplicated out of solid 304 and have them polished and then flash chromed. They'd look great for years to come, you could either insert them or stud them for attachment. If you inserted them, you could use transfer punches to put the holes into the fenders. Price? Probably high for the first set but you could look at a limited production run and if you could get somewhere close to the repop price, you'd sell them out.
You could make a die and prebend the material and then have it machined so the billet wouldn't be so large.
I just bought a '49 1 ton last week with a replacement LR fender with all the holes. No trim though. We do have 2 pieces of the front 6 that we found in the dirt at a local farmer's place 2 years ago! What are the odds? He doesn't even remember owning one of those trucks.
Last edited by Dan Bowles; 09/26/2009 4:45 AM.
