VCCA Home Forums TECHNICAL - 1945 AND EARLIER 1937-1945 Fender guides.

I am thinking that fender guides started in the 50s but not sure,the light is usually sold as 12 volt,I thought my 39 coupe would look good with them,but I wonder if it would be the wrong thing to spend $65.00 pr for.

What are "fender guides?"....not sure what you mean.

starting in 1934 parts book they show up as "fender markers". They clip onto the right front fender and fasten down, they telescope like an aerial upwards with a GM emblem on a 3/4 football shape. They light up with small bulb in the top for entering a garage you can tell where the fender is.

Only thing he is going to get for the $40 is the aftermarket ones. NOS ones run minimum of $800, depending on year.

The member 1959 chevy " the 356 king "......perry has them.

my 1940 Chevrolet parts book lists them under 8.172 FENDER MARKER UNIT , lists part numbers for 1938--1939 and separate number for 1940. No pictures in my book.

mike lynch...........

Thank you, then I will use them although they are 12 volt,they still light up with 6 volt,but the light isn't real important so much. The ones that I bought are really not made to fit the 39 fender,because of the round curve instead of a bead,but I will make it work.

The lighted ones I've seen have a replaceable bulb. Just put a 6v bulb in it.

anybody have pictures of these on a car ?? or pictures or ads etc.??

The reason that I mentioned 12 volt bulbs was that I thought that it indicated the era when they first came out but someone explained that they go way back a few years.

Dang, those are like gold. Never understood the purpose of fender guides until I drove my 38 into the garage and could not see where my passenger fender was. I soon bought a set of Casco fender guides. I would be afraid to leave them on the car unattended though, easily removed with a crescent wrench.

got a small collection going, i have sold some to friends, but getting down to keeping the ones that i have cars for, that 38/39 had be be the hardest one ever to get my hands on, this one is perfect N.O.S. but it might never see a car due to the high value these bring. if i put it on my 39 for a show, im going to need to be watching it none stop.

it would drive HAGERTYS nuts

I have a pair of the orange ones. Many years ago my son was in a junk shop and a guy picked them up and asked the shop owner what they were. He said he didn't know. The guy asked how much and was told $20. Anyway he said that was too much and put them back. My son bought them and they have sat on my shelf. I am going to install them on my 38 roadster but they don't have the mounting brackets for the base which I need to make. Do you know what year they apply to? Incidentally there appears to be no provision for lighting.

Anyone have a picture of a 41 fender guide? I can't tell by the accessory brochure what it is supposed to look like. Was it lighted?

Thanks,
Charlie

41 is red, and not lighted
i dont think any GM guides were lighted

THE 1934 ONES WERE LIGHTED.

YES ...NO...WRONG ....CORRECT ?????????????

MIKE

No on 34...Joe

I looked through all the years from 1934 and up and lighting is not mentioned for any.

Thanks everyone for the information on the lighted up part. I still don't know what a 41 guide looks like. Does someone have a picture of one they could share?

Thanks again,
Charlie

im sure someone has one , (as old as this club is), somebody has to have a 41 collection

Thanks! I don't think I have ever seen one before.

I also noted that they are called _markers" and not guides.

Charlie

Truckers have used them for a long time and they are called guide poles or fender markers and referred to by experienced drivers as "dummy sticks".