Just finished the last patch about 4days on each fender

 

New fenders will be out soon! The latest update I heard the other day was that I should have 1948-50 fronts before spring.
Chuck

 

Unfortunately DC has been saying that for several years now. I wouldn't bet on them until I actually see a set.
Meanwhile:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...g-try-2-a.html
It's not really that difficult to repair them. I teach my workshop students how to form the patches for the fender joint in one weekend class and just did another weekend workshop where we formed and installed the lower rear section on two front fenders. If interested in taking one of my workshops (a LOT less expensive than 1 repop fender!), send me a PM or email.

 

Really nice article in your link. I'm not sure I want to get into body work mainly because the end result would be prime and paint, which I don't have the equipment or space for in my garage shop. I have a local "old school" body guy but he's approaching a point where he wants to close shop and I want the rest of my truck painted before he hangs it up. I'll be ready for fronts by summer so if they aren't out before then I'll have to get mine repaired and straightened. They are a mess, way more than the usual rust out. Dented and twisted a bit. Basically without a good pattern fender I'm not sure how you would know what to fix.

 

If your fenders are in really bad shape, like the couple of pairs I've brought back from the dead, all you can do is repair them as best you can using all four pieces and making the pieces fit to each other. Most likely, especially for a non-professional, the parts will not fit any other fenders because they won't be perfect but as look as they look good and fit good, that's all that matters. I know the Frankenstein fenders I patched together will never fit up with another set of fenders.

 

As far as the 1948-1950 reproduction Ford F1 steel front fenders from Dennis Carpenter, they said it will be late spring this year before they're able to get them out for sale.

 

The big question that I don't think has been answered, how much? Northern Classic Truck charges $550 for the bottom halves.

 

That's more than I paid for my truck!

 

Local ad on CL for F1 sheetmetal...hood looks decent in the pic: Misc. 1948-1953 Ford F1-F5 parts

 

I hope he's willing to negotiate a lot on the prices, seems a bit high.

 

LOL! sounds familiar somehow...

Bob, his prices are high because of the care he's taken pulling and storing them.....

 

I really need to find a good hood that isn't located on the other side of the world!

 

Keep checking craigslist.....there was someone in Hammond a while back that was parting a few old trucks.

 

Does anybody know how to make a quick adaption to existing external sunvisors on the market, or know a location of where I can find one for a 48 F1 panel truck?

 

TTT, It's been another 6 months or more, we are into early Fall. Just figured if Dennis Carpenter people see this maybe they won't give up?