The Stovebolt Site Forums Welcome! Welcome Centre New member from Houston

I have really enjoyed the Stovebolt site. It has helped me a great deal. The forums are fantastic. I am restoring a 1951 GMC pickup with my teenage sons. The project has been a lot fo fun. We are nearly done and I am sure I will need some advice in the home stretch.

Right now I am looking for the center molding for the hood. I have seen where I can buy SS or chrome pieces but I was looking for an original steel piece I could paint. Any help is appreciated.

Duff

WElcome to the StoveBolt,Duff. Great place to be for lovers of old trucks. Sounds like your coming down the home stretch on your GMC.
You might want to post in the swap meet in the Parts Wanted Forum for your center moulding. Its always best to post in the forum that best suits your needs for the most responses and most "opinions".
Good luck and keep us posted. Oh, how about some pics when you can get a link up for us. Thanks

Welcome to Stovebolt. Good luck in your search for the trim, the Swap meet is your best bet.

Hi Duff,welcome.
What a great way to spend some quality time with your boys.
So your looking for a hood centre strip? You must be nearly done then?
Kidding apart,the guys above have given you good advice,and of course.....get snappin'!
Good luck
Jock

Hello Duff, welcome to
the Stovebolt...Bill B.

Thanks everyone. I will post on Swap Meet for the trim. Any help on rear fender bolts would be great. LMC offers a kit but they are only 3/4" long which is too short. Considering that we had to skim some of the bed and the fenders and considering the thickness of the gasket the 3/4" long bolts leaves no extra length to fit the assembly. Does anyone sell a longer button head cap screw with the appropriate size head? Found lots of small button head bolts at Fastenal, etc. however, the heads are ASTM standard and too small. They will just tear through the sheet metal. Maybe this is not the right location on the site for this question. Thanks for any tips.
Duff

Draw your fender up tight with wrong bolts and then replace them one at a time with the right ones. Hopefully you don't have that much "skim" in those areas.

Thanks for the tip. Much appreciated.

Duff, its unbelieveable what I find here at my local Ace Hardware store.... and the guy told me last week he is re-doing the entire nuts and bolts section and will have even a bigger selection. If one is around give them a try. You may be pleasantly surprised.