Tford Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Are there any GM products (Chev/Buick/Pontiac) sheetmetal that will cross over between products? Looking at a 49 Chevrolet 2 door for some body replacement parts and am trying to determine Fisher body part numbers. The Chev deluxe 2 door rear fenders look similar except for a top trim piece that goes the whole length of the fender instead of just the rear half like my Olds...But the wheel opening looks correct. Anyone have any Fisher body part number information that might show similar body part numbers between brands?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 55er Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) No other GM sedanette rear fenders are a direct interchange with an Olds. The Chevrolet lower bumper depressions are different. The taillight & trim holes are different. All the wheel openings are different throughout the GM cars, different heights, different lengths, no other make fender skirts interchange. I suppose you could make a Chevrolet work if you are a skilled bodyman but there are a lot of little details that you will have to address. Olds, Chev, Pont quarters .all have different part numbers. Buicks quarters aren't even close in size or shape. Edited March 4, 2020 by The 55er added info. (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tford Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 Man, I was hoping that the Fisher body folks wood have cranked out a fender for multiple GM makes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) With very few exceptions, prior to the 1980s, most GM divisions did not share external sheet metal. In most cases, even sheet metal on the same model within a division was changed every year or two. Edited March 5, 2020 by joe_padavano (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tford Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 Hmm, so I found a Fisher body book for 49, and it shows similar sheetmetals among the brands. Wouldn’t this mean that listed models share similar sheetmetal? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pont35cpe Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 My older brother bought a `49 Olds 4dr fast back, looked good on the passenger side. Went to the drivers side and it had Chevy doors and Chevy rear 1/4 panel, doors opened/closed just fine, the most noticeable difference was the bumper depression in the rear fender, and the rocker panel below the rear door fender extension. He bought it for the engine block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Tford said: Hmm, so I found a Fisher body book for 49, and it shows similar sheetmetals among the brands. Wouldn’t this mean that listed models share similar sheetmetal? 9 Read that page again. That's NOT showing "similar sheet metal". The only purpose of that page is to identify body styles and their associated Fisher Body Numbers. It has nothing to do with sheet metal similarity. How did you even get that impression? FYI, those illustrations are all Chevrolet bodies. Edited March 6, 2020 by joe_padavano (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tford Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) Yikes.....sorry Joe, grasping at straws, I guess.....thanks for the opinion! Edited March 6, 2020 by Tford (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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