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| Are all the classic 359/379 hoods a component fender type system? I recall the older ones with steel fenders, one could remove the fenders with simple tools. How hard is to remove the fenders on other year models 379s? Does anyone have any pictures of one without the front fenders for any reason? |
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south central kansas | they did make a few with fiberglass hoods but not very many. Other wise not hard at all about 20 rivets and a couple brackets on the front and back come right off. Then put them back on with quarter inch stainless bolts. have some pics of a 359 will look |
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south central kansas | .Don't know how that middle one got in there
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| Awesome. Thank you very much for this information and pictures. That's just what I was looking for. Great looking truck you have created. I notice there are hundreds of visor configurations for these trucks. Do you recall what visor you bought? I like the style of it. |
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| I just checked my 97 379 ExHd and 20 rivets per side, |
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south central kansas | its called a 13" drop is all I can remember. Got it from Iowa 80 |
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NC ND | for the amount of building you like to do you should get a huck rivet gun. You used to have to have the special length for every different application, now there is a universal size. Think it is called a magna-grip, magna-lok or something like that. I would bet you find alot of uses for one in your projects |
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Leeds, North Dakota | Brian fine and dandy huck guns are not cheap and how much are you going to use it, I don't think it would be practical, each huck gun is unique to size of rivet, Scott. |
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Dearfield Co. | visor looks like a version of a panelite to me.Personally I dont think that visor is my choice for a 359 as I prefer the bow tie style.
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| Got any pics of her being all done ? looks really good so far. |
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south central kansas | I've posted some on here before ,thanks for the complement it was a lot of fun. I did it all myself except I had a body shop friend help me with the fenders.
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| Not hard to take off at all.
Any tractor with a dual hub and spacer without a wheel will suffice
Not neat, but will,take it off |
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Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA | JK SCLA - 11/2/2013 11:58
Not hard to take off at all.
Any tractor with a dual hub and spacer without a wheel will suffice
Not neat, but will,take it off
That's good advice on how to remove, sounds more effective than a wheel loader, which in my experience will only partially remove a 379 front fender.
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Wi | Ben in the Basin - 11/2/2013 13:12 JK SCLA - 11/2/2013 11:58 Not hard to take off at all. Any tractor with a dual hub and spacer without a wheel will suffice Not neat, but will,take it off That's good advice on how to remove, sounds more effective than a wheel loader, which in my experience will only partially remove a 379 front fender.
I'll take a W9 over a 379 any day but that is one major disadvantage they have, fixing the fenders on the Mylar hood is far from cheap versus just slapping on a new one like the pete boys can. |
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Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA | Yep, a quick visit to ebay and a Mexican with a few tools had it back into shape, or at least good enough for an old silage truck.
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How easy is it to remove the fenders from a Peterbilt 379?
