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#1375768 09/03/2020 7:37 PM
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I have to admit some trucks look better with and some without front fenders. I love the look of my 1940 1.5 ton minus the fenders. It’s got that old school hot rod look.

How many here have gone fenderless?
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Tony292 #1375772 09/03/2020 7:57 PM
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Some trucks do look good without fenders; it depends on what the underpinning and hood look like with the fenders off. If the contours are subtle enough, it has the look of a highboy roadster.

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This is what happens when you live with a house-full of women, the wife and daughters name all the cars:
1960 Impala - "Frankie" (Frank Sinatra)
1961 Apache - " 'Mater Jr." (wrecker)
1965 Corvair Monza Convertible
1967 C20 "Ol' Blue" (hidden in a log cabin for 30 years)
1972 SuperBeetle Convertible - "Juliet"
1976 SuperBeetle Convertible - "Olaf"
1988 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce - "Romeo"
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Careful what your insurance might do to you in the event you clip a pedestrian
Or worse what their legal team may do to you
Local laws where I operate explicitly make that illegal
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Illegal in my State also.🛠


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each to their own. I've run trucks with and without fenders (usually without before the fenders were worked over).

That truck might look a little more complete with the hood tops on (leaving the hood doors off).


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I'm a firm believer in drive what you like but, I'm former Law Enforcement and I can most of the time get a warning. 479 h.p.open wheel and 4 inch pipes get attention in the wrong places. DANG! Doc.


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Totally agree, I have the hood just haven’t separated the sides yet.

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So how do rat rods get away with no fenders????


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Ron, many States have a weight requirement in order to run without fenders. Usually in the low to mid 2000s. Under the weight and they can get away with no fenders.🛠


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'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
“I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one!
Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop!
USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)

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I watch a lot of you tube and some refer to the fact that tire can not extend beyond the fender or a limited basis.


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Nobody would even look your way in CT. If anything you would get a thumbs up 🤙

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You would have more of a chance getting pulled over in a 2019 silverado with a license plate light out then getting hassled for not having front fenders on a antique truck around here even if there is a “law”.


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