Quote Originally Posted by flh4speed
there are more than likely people on this very forum who could widen your fenders , or look around your town for someone who can do the work , i personally would keep the steel if at all possible , my own situation is my fenders and running boards are shot to sh%t but if they could be repaired thats the route i would go .. there are a number of guys here on site that own 35s thru 39 chevy pickups as well as a bunch of fabricaters maybe one will post something soon ..
I would have kept mine too but the fronts someone did a bunch of shoddy repairs to and then fiberglassed them to try to cover up the mess. Theyre pretty bad too. The rears have soo many tears in them I dont think that even drilling at the start of the tears and welding will help. The running boards would be easy enough (I like the smooth running board) but I would have to taper the boards to fit any way. I'm in the same delima as you flh4speed. The body is in good shape though. The bed....ugg! I'm going to make my own bedsides using the factory corner braces and top rail. The bed sides are real bad. I thought I could use a shrinker on it but found it was bad enough I figured I'd start with new metal where I could.

You know....mine doesnt have the inner fenders either. I'm going to try to fab my own. I have a buddy with a brake and bead roller. I may hit him up for some time with his shop. Figured I'd need it for the floor pan anyway.