I forgot to update the thread on Tuesday...
We got two shipments of parts in Tuesday for the truck. I ordered new replacement fenders for the stepside bed. I ended up getting them from two different sources since the first place (least cost for the fender) did not have the right side fender I wanted. Not all stepsides from 81-87 had marker lights in the rear fenders. The right side fender has no marker light and no fuel fill door so I would not have to do any filler plates and welding on these new parts. I only found the right side fender available from one place. The left side is also a no marker/no fuel door fender and seamed to be available from multiple places.
The fenders are both made in Tiawan by the same company. There is a CK on the label, for the life of me, I cannot remember the name of the company right now. I will post that later....The parts are nice with a good E-Coat on them. There are some tooling marks on them, but nothing a little Slick Sand and blocking won't take care of.
The Left fender came in first, I boutht it from Classic Parts (
http://www.classicparts.com/) and was deliveried by Old Dominion Freight. They did a good job handling the part with no damage to it. The part was stapped to the pallet in the picture with the manufacturers double thick cardboard wrapper around the fender. On top of that was a white cone with a note in red letters stating " do not stack anything on top". The driver was cool and called me when he was close to the house and waited about 20 minutes for me to get there from work. I unwarped it and inspected it before signing the paper work and he asked what I was building. Here is the fender:
and the tag inside on the fender:
The right side came in a bit later that day and was delivered by UPS Freight. He too had to wait for me to get there from work...This fender came from Classic Industries (
http://www.classicindustries.com/). It was packaged differently from them. They had it in a large double walled box with large bouble wrap around the fender inside. There was a small crushed spot on one corner of the box but no major damage to the fender. You can sort of see the damage in the picture, the edge of the fender where it bolts to the bedside and the step is rolled under a bit. I think it will take only a light massaging to get right, but should not require any filler to be used, other wise the fender was in the same shape as the other one with only a little Slick Sand and blocking to make it right.
Also on this order, I got the front bumper. It was stamped by Golden Legion and was double boxed. The manufacturer has their double walled wrapper around it with a layer of bouble wrap on the bumper. This was put inside a sturdy double walled box by CI and shipped to me. It was perfect, no marks at all. The chrome looks good and smooth with no noticable tooling marks in the steel. Very happy with it.
I stuck it in Korbin's room as a surprise for him when he got home from school that day:
That's it for Tuesday's update...I will update later with what happened yesterday...