[chevyrestoguy]

Not much to show in pictures, but I have been busy collecting the parts. When we disassembled the front clip to gain access to the frame for the "Z" job, we noticed that the driver's side bolt (the big one, going vertical) that holds the core support to the frame was way far forward, and rubbing the front edge of the hole in the frame bracket. After some measuring, it was determined that the factory had made an error when they built the driver's side inner fender, as it was 1/4" longer than the passenger side. This difference in length caused a bunch of problems because everything was in a bind, and it cracked the core support in 8(!) places, and broke the flange at the firewall where the passenger side inner fender bolts to. It made a mess.

So, I have been looking for a matching set of inner fenders on Craigslist, and hadn't had much luck until today. A guy in Pomona had a set, along with a core support, but the core support was junk. I got the inner fenders, and on the way home, hit the Pick-A-Part in Ontario and got a core support out of a '63. That was fun......This truck was obviously used in a stockyard, because as soon as I pulled the first bolt out, the worst possible smell of ancient cow manure came out of from under the truck. It was like disturbing a poop tomb. It was disgusting.

I'll have to do some metal work to get the parts ready to install, so that's next on my list.