Good evening everyone, I'm a few installations away from the road. But first... Would someone be able to shoot me a few photos of where and how the Grille and Running Boards are bolted to their trucks? Frame is original factory frame, and Grille and Running Boards are original parts as well. Thank you all in advance.
Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
Here's some pix that will help you on the running boards. Can't help on the grille, because a GMC is different than my Chevy. Pay no attention to the position of the bed. That's just temporary.
The running boards bolt to the supports with some large head carriage bolts that insert into the slots you can see on the bottom of the running board. This is a shot of my spare running board. The head of the bolt slides into the slot and is held in position by the tab you can see in the picture. The bolts are available from the usual vendors.
Kevin Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. First car '29 Ford Special Coupe Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
Thank you Klhansen, That's what I was figuring... My running boards have the old bolts in there and they are stuck. I was figured that tab would budge to get the bolt out but the metal is so old I didn't want to break it. Thank you, I appreciate it.
Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
You should be able to free up the bolts by tapping on them. But I'd recommend you buy a new set of bolts. On the running boards I'm using, I replaced the supports that hold the bolts, as they were mostly destroyed. I had restored my original running boards before I came across the one in the photos. I would have used it if it was available then.
Kevin Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. First car '29 Ford Special Coupe Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
Grinded tabs off and the carriage bolts dropped in and locked in place. Running boards were securely tightened and the running boards look good. Regarding the grille, I found the bolt holes on the frame that the grill arms bolt down to. There are additional holes under the grille that look to bolt to the splash apron. Once I have that apron I will bolt the grill down. If I don't see any holes on the apron I will drill some myself so that it is secure.
Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
Those tabs are supposed to be there to hold the bolts in place in the slot. Here's a pic showing repop brackets and the original brackets. Not that the originals have a "finger" (for lack of a better term) that's pressed above the bottom of the bracket to hold the bolt head down. That lets you install the nuts without worrying about them slipping out of the slot. That's important when trying to remove running boards.If you got them mounted without the tabs in place, that's OK, but you may have issues if you ever need to remove them. You'll likely wind up grinding the bolts off from the bottom.
Kevin Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. First car '29 Ford Special Coupe Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
There is a thick steel plate that goes under the splash panel. That plate is thick and rigid to support the outer grill . I will try to get you a couple of pics in the next day or two
1947.2 GMC 1/2T panel 1947.2 GMC 1/2T long bed 1948 GMC 1/2T pick-up
