vicpanza

Good luck, and send pics

Not a unique problem. If memory serves me right, they changed the headlight styles sometime in 1937. My truck came with the smaller lights that did not have the recess for mounting (can on right). I have bought and restored one bucket and discovered that it was the later style (can on left). I ended up getting another one to match the smaller size and that's what I used. I did confirm with Alan that his 1937 used the larger style cans with the depressed area for mounting. The smaller ones were also used on autos, but the way. Personally, I would be comfortable with either style, but if you want to err on the side of what is correct, you can use the larger ones. Hope this is of some help. Vic

Gary

Call Garg as his may be vinyl. Cloth really looks best

It is cloth and I got it from Restoration Specialties in Windber, PA. https://www.restorationspecialties.com/ Good luck Vic

Sorry. I sold the truck and all my spare parts. You might check with Alan Cutler in S CA.

OK, good luck with the rest of your build.

This is spring loaded. You have to carefully push it in and rotate. Maybe hold it in from the front. Let me know if that works for you

The center hood hinge is chrome plated.

Sorry. Item is long gone

Sorry, no.

If you haven't found this yet, try looking at clock part companies (Ronell). I bought new convex glass for my '37 Dodge truck and they were exactly like what I took out. Only a few bucks each. I changed both out as the originals were all scratched up. Good luck V

Look at you! Getting all Cecil B. DeMille on us:) Nice work, and sure it will be helpful for others. Take care V

Might be best not to attempt to fix the crack. If this is to be re-plated, the plater would be the best option to repair this once the copper layer is on. Just my experience. As others have noted, this is a nice and hard to find part and should restore up nice.

Hi John: I did a fair amount of research on grill color. What I discovered was that the grills were either painted body color or argent silver. My truck had the grills painted body color, but when I restored it, I used the silver as I thought the contrast looked better. Did speak to a friend in MI who has his grandfathers '36 and he confirmed that silver was an option of the grills (his was painted that way). Also, you will see these various options in the original parts listings. I sold my version of that book otherwise I would send you a copy of the page on body parts/grills. Good luck, Vic