Good idea to spread the buying around.
I bought a couple of tailgates from Classic that looked good. In January I
ordered a lot of stuff from Brothers to take advantage of a 15% off sale.
Just recently looked at Mar-K's website and they advertised their stepside
tailgates as weighing 28 lbs. I weighed one of mine from Classic on a bathroom
scale and it was a little more than 23. They look as good as OEM but may not be
the same gauge.
Modern trucks use thinner sheet metal partly because it is MUCH higher tensile
strength. Also much more difficult to work out a dent.
--
Gale Gorman
Houston
On May 2, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Leon Corley wrote:
Hi Henry,
I have had good luck with all the vendors that service the hobby.
I purposefully buy from multiple sources because I want to help ensure that
they all stay in business, including my local FLAPS. I usually check to see
who has the best price including shipping on the complete set of things I need
at a given time, and order from them. Sometimes I re-arrange my work plan to
fit what's on sale.
Here's a short list of suppliers I've had good results from --
Patricks Antique Cars - Engine parts, manufacturer of Fenton intake and exhaust.
Brothers Trucks,
Classic Parts of America,
Jim Carter,
Truckshop
BTW, I have a 4-core radiator with trans cooler for the AD trucks if you're
gong to run a v-8.
I bought it and discovered it's too thick to work with an inline without some
core support mods.
regards,
Leon
> Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 11:58:40 -0600
> From: henry rhone <henry@signalpeak.net>
> Subject: [Oletrucks] best place to buy restoration parts for 1954 3100
> chevy
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> I am doing the second restoration on my 54 five window 3100 and am wondering
>if there is a best place to purchase parts.
> Need lots of parts and don't want to be buying from a lot of different
>vendor's. Need wiring, radiator, engine replacement bolt's,
> rubber, list goes on and on. Any suggestion's appreciated.
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