Updated info on AD 1/2 ton vs 1-1/2 ton nose pieces

[mr48chev]

I did a bit of research in my pile of parts today and figured out a few things that might help some folks and save some headaches for others.

The question came up on another board this morning about the interchange between 1/2 ton AD hoods and fenders and 1-1/2 ton AD hoods and fenders.

I went out to the stash and here is what I figured out.

This is my 48 with it's regular hood on it

Note the curve at the back of the hood and the top of the fenders being fairly flat.

This is the same truck with a 1-1/2 ton hood sitting on it.

No way is that going to work. look at the back corner and you can see that it is all together different along with the hood being longer.

here on my 1-1/2 ton you can see that the fender is higher and fits way closer to the heater louvers.


1-1/2 ton on 1/2 ton hood with 1/2 ton fenders.


Shows how the 1-1/2 ton fender is raised up but still bolts on the same.


I hope that helps someone and saves a bit of grief. As far as I can tell by looking at the cabs I have the cabs are the same.

A guy could use the 1-1/2 ton nose if he did a frame swap and it might work great if he did a swap to a car frame and didn't use running boards and cut the bottom of the fenders off even with the bottom of the doors.