Brought my 52 truck closer to home. Its now in storage instead of about 100miles away. Its in storage because no room at the house at the moment. Im going to get started on my garage soon, well if I can find somebody to let me put my trucks at there place for a few days for the dirt, gravel and concrete work. Anyway where can I get fenders and the nose peice. They are rusty and the nose is crunched

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Hey, I have one that looks something like that!
The good news is 51 & 52 were among the highest production Dodge trucks built until the 1994 came out! There are a lot of them still out there. Finding a set of front fenders that are not rotted out at the fender bracket near the door may be a different story, but those places are not hard to fix. The front fenders are the same 48-53, and the nose piece interchanges 48-53, but the grill opening is a different configuration different years. Big trucks use the same nose, but different fenders (3/4 ton & up) I believe the doors are all the same reguardless of size, 48-53.
A 54 is a different critter with different body locations on the fenders, nose, and doors. Gene

What are your plans for it??????? very nice. I am into the pre 50s, or the odler ones, but have owned sveral of the ones you have.

Nice rig.
\dave

I want to fix it up kinda how it is now. Somebody really cared for the truck when it was built. Its got a 55 or so Buick grill a 60s Pontiac dash and unfortunate chevy 350(witch will go bye bye) It was given to me about 3 years ago and stayed put at my buddys moms but had to get it because worries of feild fires. Im not sure witch powerplant to go with. I have 318s 360s 383,400, 440. Itll be a cruiser so Im thinkin 318 or 360 would be best. It would be a mild motor, just cam, carb intake headers maybe some head work. Oldschool finned Valve covers and duel glasspaks. It ran before it was parked but was left without a breather its a chevy. I will probably have to redo the interior so Ill fit comfortably or lose some wieght. It will probably get the Black Suade treatment since Im not a body guy. The fenders on this truck are trash. It looks very good in the pics but on the driverside view thats not pealing paint its a hole that was probably there when built since it has fiberglass on the inside of the fender. Is there a better shackle setup to put on the truck without to much work? Ill get more pics later. Need to get batteries

Im sticking with the style fenders that are on it but the nose I dont care as long as it fits. Im ditching the buick grill. Not sure what I should use for a grill though either. Ill check ebay but wont get my hopes up.

Is that nose modified? I havent seen any without a grill so?

here's what mine looks like right now

Here's a CL (SF Bay Area) ad with someone parting out a '51.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/pts/1089807378.html