Hi Tom you just found the best place in the world to get info and help for fixing up your 57 3800, these guys on here taught me everything and helped me with all my stupid questions its been 5 years for me restoring and saving money to buy parts for my truck but today I finally got her started and drove her down the street. I could never have done it without everyone's help, I still have a ways to go so more stupid questions will be coming, I have found that aftermarket parts suck, if you can save any oem body parts do so, or start hitting the swapmeets, you will find the parts, and most of the time in good condition. those aftermarket fenders are about 450 and then you got to do bodywork and paint on them and make them fit, the oem stuff is always better
