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Manage to source the sidecar fender lamp. There is no "Guide" marking on either side (like that used on the front fenders) but it appears to match the pic of one posted in Palmers that is steel and also has no markings. Also I am figuring if it is not an OEM/NOS cover it is a very nice/early repop cover (according to the Palmers book the sidecar fender lamp would have taken a stainless steel cover). I have an aftermarket cover with plastic lens components and the covers and base plates are noticeably different.
Has the correct base that was used for front fender lamps 1947-1949 and 1946-1955 sidecar fender lamps
Has the glass lenses, spring, nuts and screws as well. The cover is off to the platers for a proper refinish.
Last edited by panz4ever; Dec 10, 2020 at 12:16 PM.
Took off the three brace mount and replaced it with the two brace mount. Secured it with the correct truss rivits and got it back today after having it bead blasted. With the excepyion of a gazillion extra holes drilled into for who knows what, the fender is ib very good shape and will need only a minimal amount of filler.
Took off the three brace mount and replaced it with the two brace mount. Secured it with the correct truss rivits and got it back today after having it bead blasted. With the excepyion of a gazillion extra holes drilled into for who knows what, the fender is ib very good shape and will need only a minimal amount of filler.
Looks like they asked Stevie Wonder to drill the holes for the fender light
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RE: stainless trim pieces for the sidecar. What I figured out (what seems to work anyway).
The nose (#88500-36) and rear end (#88502-36) pieces uses #3560W (a later version but almost the same is #3560WA). That T-bolt is 10-24 with a 3/8" wide head
The sidecar fender trim piece (#87925-39) uses #3561. That T-bolt is 10-24 with a 1/4" wide head.
Only way I kinda figured it out is that I had some extra T-bolts from putting the trim on my front fender and thought I would see if the fit. The nuts are #7635W and are 10-24 x 13/32 x 3/8. I may have enough to do both the fender and front and rear trim.
The sidecar trim (#88504-36) lists the screw as #88506-36. It too is a T-bolt that is 6-32 with a 7/32" wide head.
When I took out the sidecar trim strips I noticed there were still a couple of T-bolts in two of the long strips. I removed one and measured it. And being that I cannot find those, I am going to use 6-32 x 3/8" long truss head screws. I will grind the top domed end down and flatten the screw heads down on two sides in order to make it a T-bolt.. I am going to use normal 6-32 screws and split washers to secure the trim. I think it will work.
I only have three strips for the side of the car. The parts books list four. I assume two for each side. Trying to find a fourth could be difficult to impossible. Also from looking at hellownewman's thread on his 48 build he has long and short strips. Mine are all the same length (not sure the difference). So worst case is that I only install strips on the outside to match the fender trim.
Last edited by panz4ever; Dec 25, 2020 at 04:43 PM.
Well Happy New Year to all. If anyone has a lead on where to get an extra trim strip for the sidecar tub, please forward the info to me and I will definitely follow up.
Got one of my saddlebags almost all together. Bad news is that my platter did not send back the spring clips (used to secure the bottom of the bags to the railing). They closed on Tuesday for the holidays and won't be open until Monday morning. I've developed a habit of itemizing the parts I have sent out for plating (cad, parkerizing and chrome) and included a description plus pics showing what was sent. Emailed the platters my initial letter and pics. Hopefully it will get resloved, like maybe it is sitting on a shelf and hopefully did not get sent out with someone else's order.
Pics coming soon. Just about finished with one bag. Could really use a third hand assembling the parts. Ended up using blue painters tape to hold pieces in place so the I could get the hand held riviter into place and secure the tubular rivet.
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