Running boards step plates?
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From: Monmouth County, NJ
Ah...But you don't mind drilling four holes in your grille for the Ford and V-8 logos, right??
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Fleet Mechanic
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Very true! So how about the holes in the fender for the blinker lights? I'm going through the same thing now. As i ordered new front fenders, my old fenders have these beautiful Stat Signal period correct turn signal lights. I really like they way they look. I know how you feel making holes in something it is a little painful sometimes. I remember wincing at the thought of seatbelt hardware backing plates being installed, thats even worse going through the floor board of the cab. I guess thats a whole other topic too. Cause how effective are seat beats in a truck like this where the steering wheel hub is a known killer?
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Greg, my boards are painted with POR-15 under and Rustoleum truck bed liner over that. Then some cheap NAPA Fleet semi-gloss rattle can black over that. Easy to touch up the top coat that way.
My truck is stored 5 miles away in a relative's garage. Can't take pictures for awhile of the boards or fender lights. I scrounged for two years to find those lights. They aren't Ford but even though they were used they looked great to me. I also have some White Truck clearance lights from the late 50's that match them to put on some day.
Tom
My truck is stored 5 miles away in a relative's garage. Can't take pictures for awhile of the boards or fender lights. I scrounged for two years to find those lights. They aren't Ford but even though they were used they looked great to me. I also have some White Truck clearance lights from the late 50's that match them to put on some day.
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Very true! So how about the holes in the fender for the blinker lights? I'm going through the same thing now. As i ordered new front fenders, my old fenders have these beautiful Stat Signal period correct turn signal lights. I really like they way they look. I know how you feel making holes in something it is a little painful sometimes. I remember wincing at the thought of seatbelt hardware backing plates being installed, thats even worse going through the floor board of the cab. I guess thats a whole other topic too. Cause how effective are seat beats in a truck like this where the steering wheel hub is a known killer?
Turn signals: my 54 had them on the fender. When I fixed up my truck in 1999, I thought long and hard about keeping them on the fender or putting a double filament socket in the parking lights. I chose the latter. My 55 F350 has factory turnsignals. But it had big Signal Stay lights on the fenders. I kept them but also wired the parking lights, which already had two filament sockets, to serve as TS and flashers also.
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Hey Very Very Nice Abe! Thanks for the all the pics and responses. Trucks are cool because of all the stuff you can put on them. Personally I really like some of the period correct accessories Ford or not, on the trucks they look more work like, more used that way. Tom- like Abe said definitely send pics when you get the truck out. A new thread with some of the these details is certainly called for!
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Thanks Tom, that seems like a good way to do it. Abe, I see your boards are black also- looks good. Were the running boards originally body color or black when these trucks were built?? Seem 'em both ways....
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I also went with bed liner on running boards. It's a great option if you have kids or will have kids around the truck. Dont have to constantly worry about them not using the step plate and scratching up a nice paint job.
