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| | | | Joined: May 2013 Posts: 168 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2013 Posts: 168 | Hello, I have a 1953 3100. The body shop took something off of the cab some months ago. I am now putting it all back together, and they handed me a piece (Obviously the black piece; the side mirror arm is for size comparison.) saying, 'oh you might want this'. I didn't ask questions as I thought I'd figure it out, or have a picture. But I don't and I haven't. I THINK it goes on the front right of the cab, as a mounting bracket for the inner right fender, but if so I can't seem to figure out how. Any ideas, pics, or diagrams? Thanks, Steven
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1953 3100
Melbourne, FL
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 | I don't recognize it but it looks like a part which goes around the radiator due to the caged nuts but it's too short. I'm stumped.
Bruce | | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 | I don't think it belongs on a '53 AD. Some other project in the body shop is now missing a critical bracket. Doh! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
I vote with Bruce - it looks like the part above the radiator shroud (in 54/55st - I do not know about earlier years' shroud).
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,232 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,232 | It is not from a 51 3100... i just took my apart and nothing looked like that. | | | | | Joined: May 2013 Posts: 168 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2013 Posts: 168 | Ok, well I will check back with the body shop. It was in my basket of goodies.
If it belongs to someone else, at least I welded it up for them, and painted it up. Hope they like black!
1953 3100
Melbourne, FL
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| | | | | Joined: May 2013 Posts: 168 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2013 Posts: 168 | Bruce, I think you're right. It does match the holes on the front edge of the radiator frame. I think that I took the radiator to the body shop guys, as their ability to find an Italian radiator man is better than mine, and they had to remove that in order to get the radiator out of the frame.
Mystery solved.
1953 3100
Melbourne, FL
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