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Hi there, I'm new to the site. I'm restoring my Dads 1937 pickup, and I'm trying to find the best available grille and bed. I am looking to keep it original. he restored it in the 70's and the grille he used I would describe as low quality. Who has the best one out there. I,ve been considering one from [censored] Moffit and one from Chevs of the 40's. [censored] is an 8 week wait right now. I saw one at Hershey and thought it OK, but not overly impressed. I'm from the east coast, so I can't see Chevsof the 40's and their pictures don't show enough. I don't have a problem using a stainless one (Chevs) if it looks reasonably original. As far as the truck bed MARK V from Oklahoma says they are about 2 months away from having one available. I can wait if their stuff is really nice, but I haven't seen their work. Anybody know? If not any other suggestions.Thanks for your time. I'll be away for a few days, but will check back in by Sunday.

Welcome to the 'bolt. You say the grill is low quality. In what way? Is the chrome pitted? Is the metal damaged? Many repop parts will be lower quality overall than OEM. I believe Chevs has steel repops that will have to be plated (at least they do for my 38 car). Their stainless grills are mainly for street rods and only approximate the OEM grill. If the original grill is solid but needs new chrome do a site search using CHROME in the search box. There are a lot of chromers you want to stay away from.

I probably wasn't clear enough in my description. Dad restored this in 1977 and replaced the original grille with a repop at the time. I no longer have the original grille. The reproduction he put in was probably all that was available at the time and it's not very good. I would like to replace it, but want to buy the best quality one I can. Sorry I wasn't clear, but what I have now would not be worth trying to fix.

If it was me I'd start following ebay every week. I fairly often see stock 38 car & truck grills listed. I don't look for 37 stuff but they should show up on occasion as well. Good luck.

If you don't know, car grills will not work in the trucks. I made mine so can't give any advice on grills. I bought my bed from Mack Products out of Moberly Missouri. (660-263-7444) I had no problem putting it together or finishing it. Quality was first rate.
http://mackhils.com/mack_products/

Like Joe H. I got mine from Machils back around 1999 and it is still holding up very well. It's good quality and went together nicely. I would recommend having them to go ahead and weld on the stake pockets and angle strips if you decide to deal with them on the bed assembly. I also used stainless strips and bolts along with Oak wood. BAck then the entire kit including cross sills ect cost less than 1200 including shipping and back then I bought it through a vendor named Roberts Motor Parts. No telling what it is today but buying straight from Machils may help.
You may want to wait and see what Mar-K comes up with. I've heard nothing but good things about them. They also answered a recent inquiry the very next day.
Since buying a grille, and then having it chromed will only double your investment I recommend to go ahead and lay down the cash for a stainless grille. They are pricey but cheaper in the long run. Back then I got my grille from I&I Reproductions out of CAlifornia. I personally don't like I&I, their sales staff and other reasons. I would imagine most/all the grilles come from the same place now days.
Mine has held up well but maybe its because I bought mine before everything got REALLY cheaply made??

Thanks sharing your experience

We have many of the truck bed parts for 1937-39 trucks including a new Front Bed Panel and Rear Cross Sill. We also have cross sills, wood bed kits and are working on bed sides for these trucks although we don't have a date yet that they will be ready.
We have 10% off in February with the Stovebolt code: LUV2095.
We also have our FREE UPS GROUND shipping special and a FREE TRUCK FREIGHT Special. Just go to www.mar-k.com for details.
Thanks!

Wrench Fetcher Thanks for the reply. I would like to buy your bed, but I need the sides too. How soon is soon? I would like to get it asap. I have my sides available for patterns if needed. Please let me know. Thanks

Thank you for your offer, but we have a pair of original bed sides, and tooling is in process. We are hoping that we can ship the bed sides in about 2 months. If you PM me your info, we can contact you when the bed sides are ready.
Hope this helps!

well spring carlisle is only 2 months away. make up your shoppig list and come on out.