stepside rear fender

[rdgt67]

I cant find a 70 gmc short bed repop rear fender with tge spare tire cut out. Does anyone make them??

[In The Ten Ring]

You can't find one and you won't find one, not repop anyway. Nobody makes those.

I found a 1968 Chevy spare tire cut out for my '72 via a friend on here. Be advised, the short and long wheel base cut out fenders are different.

On Chevy's, a hole where the cut out is for the short wheel base and no hole is long wheel base. I don't know if it's the same for GMC's.

I'd suggest checking yards out west: places that didn't have snow or salt on the roads.

[wreckedchevy]

Same friend has another one if you feel like driving to Montana to get it :-)

[AirSpeed]

I've seen 70s dodge step sides with chevy fenders, maybe you could find one of those? Can't remember seeing one with the spare cutout but it may broaden your search. I don't know if dodge actually used chevy fenders in the factory but I've seen several with them.

[In The Ten Ring]

Something else you might want to consider. You just can't ship a fender if it isn't in a crate. I suspected this then I had my worst fears realized when I bought a fender from a forum member and let them ship it in a box. UPS did a freaking number on that fender! UPS paid for most of the repair but it was a big annoyance. I learned then and there that ANY fender I buy will be shipped in a wooden crate or I'll go get it myself.

Now that's not cheap to do and may cost more than the fender. What you might want to do, is have a metal worker turn a regular (repop even) fender into the spare tire fender. I saw a thread on here where that was done and you get the benefit of a smoother look. The original fenders aren't very impressive since the metal is just folded over and tac welded.....a conversion would likely be much smoother.

KUDOS to you though, I love a spare tire I can get to without having to crawl around in the dirt.

[rdgt67]

Thanks for all the feed back. Yep, Montana is a hump

[greyghost]

I've got one from my 69 swb that I'd be willing to part with. I live in katy, but the fender is at my property in giddings. Not sure how close you are.

[rdgt67]

Greyghost, I just sent you a pm.

[greyghost]

I haven't got your pm yet

[greyghost]

rdgt67- If you want, you can just e-mail me direct @ robert.fridell@gmail.com

[old Chevy guy]

Just as another option as far as shipping, I had two doors and a fender that came shipped by Greyhound bus. The arrived non the worse for wear. cardboard and some bubble wrap.