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While searching for another heavy chevy grill, a '57 grain truck showed up for sale for $500 local.

I know the fenders are wider, but what about the rest of the body? Inner fenders, radiator support, parts of the cab....

I wondering what will work on a 1/2 ton?

The cabs are the same, the radiator support is the same, the grille will fit in a ½-ton even though it's different in appearance. I don't know of any other body parts that will fit.

When I tried to put a pick-up truck grill in my 56 6100 I found that the grill opening in my 6100 is 5 1/2" wider and 2 1/2" taller than its little brother, the grills will not interchange. I don't know about the core support but yes all the cab stuff is the same with the exception of the LCF trucks. The hood is the same between the TF big bolts and the little one again with the exception of the LCF trucks and a slight differance between 56 and 57 body lines on the hood.

Well I'm getting it and will see. I've been getting different answers on the inner and core support.

Inner fenders and core supports are the same

There you go if anyone would know tri5 would BTW thanks that is a tid bit of info that will come in handy for me too.

Thanks guys.

Here’s what I got with my 450 bucks and he delivered it for me about 25 miles. 1957 6500 Grain Truck . We just got it to the farm tonight. I mainly wanted the grill, firewall, dash, floor, inner fenders, and core support. The motor is bad as you can see the hole in the pan pushing out. Bed looks good has had steel plate added.
I forgot to take pics but it has some low back buckets. Have no clue what they came from but they look era correct but have been raised with blocks. I like them and they flip forward so they will work in my panel.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v179/ovaljed/panel%20truck/grain%20truck/

looks good