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Where to buy body nuts & bolts for frame off rebuild

My '66 body was/is a rust bucket. i am replacing the cab, the inner fenders and the radiator inner part (don't know what it is called). Most of the bolts had to be cut off. I need to know the best place to purchase all the hardware for this job. I have looked at a couple of catalogs but I don't see where I can buy these nuts and bolts. I found the cab mountings and hardware at LMC.

Thanks in advance for your recommendations.

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My '66 body was/is a rust bucket. i am replacing the cab, the inner fenders and the radiator inner part (don't know what it is called). Most of the bolts had to be cut off. I need to know the best place to purchase all the hardware for this job. I have looked at a couple of catalogs but I don't see where I can buy these nuts and bolts. I found the cab mountings and hardware at LMC.

Thanks in advance for your recommendations.

rsh1966
I am still searching for the caged nuts that held my grill in and my fenders on, but as far as everything else, I was able to find them at my local hardware store, and am replacing them with SS bolts/nuts
 
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Bolts an nuts

Originally Posted by rsh1966
My '66 body was/is a rust bucket. i am replacing the cab, the inner fenders and the radiator inner part (don't know what it is called). Most of the bolts had to be cut off. I need to know the best place to purchase all the hardware for this job. I have looked at a couple of catalogs but I don't see where I can buy these nuts and bolts. I found the cab mountings and hardware at LMC.

Thanks in advance for your recommendations.

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It has been many years since I used Restoration Specialties & Supply, Inc. | Windber, PA 15963. Found they carried majority of the items needed to reassemble the 65, their customer support was very good. Noticed the website has change, I tend to prefer the printed catalogs when shopping for hardware, or parts from supplier's.
 
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1966 inner fender nut and bolts

Thanks for your input. I will follow up.

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I was surprised at what my local Carquest had behind the counter.
 
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I got most nut/bolts/fasteners for my 65 through my local hardware store (OSH) and McMaster-Carr
 
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