Someone please help me identify this part to a '48 buick!?!

[Guest xpalexprincessx]

Hello, so I'm trying to help my boyfriend restore his 1948 buick, and unfortunately he lost a part... I've been asking around trying to find the exact name for this part... but everytime I ask I get different answers...

I'm trying to replace it for him but I can't look it up without knowing the name... If you could please tell me what its called, or where I can find it... I would appreciate it very VERY much!

I am attaching two pictures, one of them is with the piece and the other is without it, so you know exactly what I'm looking for...

[keiser31]

"Fender gravel shield" or "fender stone guard" are the common terms for those fender protection devices.

[Guest xpalexprincessx]

yeah fender gravel shield was one of the answers i got a couple of times... thank you! i will check under fender stone guard!

[keiser31]

Try here....1946 1947 1948 Buick Super 4D SW Stone Guard LH | eBay

[Guest xpalexprincessx]

i just saw that myself! <3 thank you so much you've been absolutely wonderful!

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Looks like the wrong side is offered. You need the right (passenger) side.

[keiser31]

Looks like the wrong side is offered. You need the right (passenger) side.

Yep.....I was merely showing her what to look for and where to look.

Edited February 12, 2013 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[Guest xpalexprincessx]

thank you so much, you guys have been absolutely wonderful... one last question, so i managed to pry the stone guard off.... i notice it has a different attached part to it that it goes mounted on, i took a couple of pictures, maybe you guys can tell me what the part it called that it is mounted on to...? pretty please any help at all would be highly appreciated

!

[keiser31]

Upper part I would call the stone guard mounting bracket? Stone guard extension? If you are talking about the piece that the stainless is wrapped around, I would call that the stone guard base plate or similar term. Sounds like you need to find a parts book or shop manual and look in the "body" section of the book. Maybe the base plate is the actual "stone guard" and the stainless is called the "stone guard trim"?

Edited February 13, 2013 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[Guest xpalexprincessx]

Upper part I would call the stone guard mounting bracket? Stone guard extension? If you are talking about the piece that the stainless is wrapped around, I would call that the stone guard base plate or similar term. Sounds like you need to find a parts book or shop manual and look in the "body" section of the book. Maybe the base plate is the actual "stone guard" and the stainless is called the "stone guard trim"?

Well the good news is that I found the stone guard.. the bad news is I can't find that other piece... but I will keep trying thank you very much!

Oh, and I went through a parts book but I didn't have any luck with that... but thank you for the suggestion

[Guest xpalexprincessx]

nevermind guys... he broke up with me so i guess there's no point on continuing my search.... thank you all for everything.

and maybe i'll be back when i start to work on my 67 mustang

thanks for your time and effort

~mellissa

[keiser31]

Sorry to hear about your ex. Maybe we can help you on the Mustang.

[PONTIAC1953]

i took my first driving test at the DMV in santa monica, ca. in 1972, in a 1967 ford mustang. charles coker, 1953 pontiac tech advisor.

[Guest xpalexprincessx]

Hopefully you guys can help me out :-) thank you

[Guest xpalexprincessx]

well, one thing about me is i hate to leave things unfinished... so even as we are broken up, i still want to help with his beautiful car...

by any chance, do any of you fellas know what this part is called? i have it circled in red because i really have no clue how to even explain it

[keiser31]

I would call it a headlamp bezel crest or bullet, but I am not a Buick guy.

Edited February 16, 2013 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[PONTIAC1953]

i have to say, that you are one very classy lady, to keep helping the guy you broke up with, you have the respect of mine, and many more here i must say. my hat off to you princess. you are quite a lady.

[Guest xpalexprincessx]

awww thank you very much! to be honest... i thought you guys were going to say i was a fool.

[keiser31]

awww thank you very much! to be honest... i thought you guys were going to say i was a fool.

Never.

[PONTIAC1953]

well you the old saying "a fool and his money are soon parted", lol, i have spent quite alot of money in forty years of owning my 53 pontiac custom catalina. i don't regret spending one penny of it. charles coker, 1953 pontiac tech advisor.

[CarlLaFong]

Please tell me this is a bad dream. That poor old Buick. What a hideous abomination

[Guest xpalexprincessx]

Please tell me this is a bad dream. That poor old Buick. What a hideous abomination

that bad huh? lol it was in pretty bad shape when he got it... he's actually done quite a lot of work to it...

but yeah, i guess its not your typical 48 super... i actually feel like i should take the picture down now lol

to each his own i guess... and it makes him happy, which makes me happy to help out

Edited February 16, 2013 by xpalexprincessx (see edit history)

[bhambulldog]

In Buick parlance the 'headlight bezel' is known as 'headlight door'

I think Buick might call that piece 'headlight door trim piece'

[Guest Foggy norm]

58 mustang, understandably, doesn't appreciate the "droopy eye'd" look of the headlight cover. I'm not a fan of the regular headlight cover, this style isn't far behind.

[CarlLaFong]

You didn't see what I saw.

The car has had the roof and trunk area removed and some sort of bed installed, turning it into a giant roadster pickup thingy. It was a disturbing sight and she removed it right away. I have to live with the image burned into my brain