I guess im leaning toward the mustang 2. It seems to be only a little more expensive than doing the drop axle.

But anyway i got some sand blasting done today. Did the top and bottom fender on the drivers side. Im debating whether or not to try and fix the lowers or just get new ones. Theyre rotted pretty bad and the parts that arent are dented up and wavy. any way here are some pics.

 

Mine were even worse with literally a half inch of bondo and fiberglass applied on top of the seam right over the rusted out areas at the seam. I ended up getting fiberglass fenders, both parts, for both sides from Bebops. They are well made and won't rust but you do have to drill all the holes for the bolts.

 

Hey Gick,
Like Topper we had some bondo magician as a previous owner.
We sandblasted our truck & saw what we had to work with & just opted to skip it - too much thick bondo. We concentrated our effort on the cab, doors, & the bed. We didn't want to replace everything or we wouldn't really have a 1950 truck ...

Good luck over there.

Ben in Austin

 

I'm a little late to the welcoming party, but I'll go ahead and send you a big "Welcome" anyway.

Thank you for saving another treasure from the junk heap!

Good luck,
-DV

 

So you just replaced it with fiberglass?

 

Hey Gick,
We had a lot of issues to fix on our truck. It was kind of
a "pick your battles" thing - where to spend your time & energy.
They make good replacement fiberglass fenders & steel running boards -
the fenders were approx. $225 or so. You figure how much your time is worth - for me it made sense to buy the fenders & running boards for around $1400 or so & just skip the 4 or 5 months of grinding, welding, & sanding. We have perfectly smooth fenders - fiberglass doesn't bother me
where it might other people.

We concentrated on bringing the cab, doors, hood, & bed back to life. That was plenty of work! I really should have bought another cab as our's had a lot of structural rust & rot. By keeping the cab & bed - I think our truck is still a 1950.

Ben in Austin

 

Gick, nobody makes steel fenders for the F1's so if you want to get new fenders you will have to go with fiberglass.

 

Yes ive realized that. Thats why im gonna try and save the upper fenders and and rear fenders.

 

Alright guys just a quick update. Ive been waiting on primer to continue blasting everything. I havent gotten it yet and its starting to get too cold to spray so im just gonna tear the truck apart and store all the body pieces for the winter and work on the front suspension. Ill get some pictures and more updates once o have the body off and start on the suspension. Im probably gonna sell all the stock suspension parts.

 

just to give you a idea this is the ride height with posies springs. it still rides like a truck but i have zero issues with the original front end it steers good and goes down the road great.

 

Ok guys finally got some work done on the truck. Got the whole front clip off and got the bed loose. Next weekend ill get the bed and cab off. Here are some pics.


Does anybody make that front fender brace? The drivers side didnt have one one on it.

 

Hey thanks man. I think i might wanna go a little lower than that on mine.

 

I have several front fender braces. PM or email me.

 

Got the cab and bed off this weekend with the help of my dad. Gonna start taking the suspension off next weekend hopefully.

 

Hey Gick,
You brought out the calvary to get that cab off - that might be the largest crane I've seen for that job - Nice!

Ben in Austin
1950 F1 (351W/AOD)