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Reassembly Beginning assembly and since I have no reference I am wondering how the fender welting goes in. Looks like the piece on the fender is one way and the engine compartment filler plate it goes another. In other words, one is upside down from the other. Also, where does one end and the...

A Few Pictures of The Retainers $5 a box of 25. Picture of old rivet and new retainer. Head is the same diameter and the shaft fits the holes as stock.

Split Rivet Replacement I found a great replacement for the split rivets discussed here. I have used plastic retainers in other projects and thought I would see if one would work on the M37 weather strips. A company called Au-ve-co makes thousands of body shop items so I went though the...

OK, that makes sense. Of all the trucks I have looked at, none had the welting on the lower part of the fenders. I got a "set" or welting with the truck and figured out the top part but the bottom seemed too long so possibly it needs cut to fit. Thanks to all!

I don't think we are on the same page. I know about the welting for the engine compartment side panels being rivited on and I have those pieces. The rivits in my pictures are on the rear of the front fender flange where the rear splash pans meet. It seems there was some weather strip between...

Now I wonder what that looked like. There is none there now and nothing in the parts "exploded" views. So a strip from the rear of the fender to the rear splash pan I guess to keep water out. Probably did not last too long down there. Not sure what I will do when I put it all back together.

Took the front end apart yesterday as part of the restoration. The fenders and pans will be media blasted, as well as all the rest of the truck. On the fenders at the rear splash pans is a row of split rivets holding nothing. Must have been a weather strip in there at one time? You can see them...