Right hand Lo Boy cut fender from factory

[Boss Hog]

[phildidit]

IS that suppose to accommodate the fast hitch crank, is that why it is cut?

[Boss Hog]

I think it was for ease of getting on and off. Here it is in the parts book

[Dale Shaw]

They should have done that to ALL the lowboys

They are harder to get on than a tall cub with that fender moved forward with the rotated final.

I have had 3 lowboys-hated each one because they are so hard to get on.

[beaconlight]

A sickle bar makes a great step to get on a Low Boy

[Matt Kirsch]

Must've only been on the very last ones... My 1966 had two full fenders.

[Dale Shaw]

My "Last known Ser. # '68 model had 2 full fenders

[Jim Becker]

The funky drawing notwithstanding, that page of the parts book shows the same part number right and left. In the absence of some other solid proof, I believe that fender was modified.

[Rick Prentice]

I agree with Jim. From working in a manufacturing facility during my working career, if that fender is cut completely straight from top to bottom it's probably done from someone at a shop or home. The IH factory would have stamped the sheet metal to the proper size, then placed that sheet in the same press as a normal fender. Boss, do you have any pictures from the other side focused on the cut??

Thanks,
Rick

I'll guarantee I could scribe some lines and cut a fender off to duplicate yours(and you couldn't tell them apart). If someone would scale a picture to resemble your fender, you'd see a drastic difference than the poorly drawn manual pic.

My .01
Rick

[Chris D]

I have personally seen this fender up close and I can tell you if it was back yard made it's one heck of a job. Looked good enough to be a factory/dealer done modification to me. The truth may never be known unless there are more out there....

[Rob in NH]

so are you saying the page out of the manual isn't genuine?

[Boss Hog]

I was waiting for someone to ask
It is factory , I would think that most of you would have more faith in me than to think I would pass something home made off as factory. I did a lot of research on it to make sure before. But behold the unbelievers here are the pics

[Chris D]

Not only to back up these recent pictures, but I done a good search thru yahoo images of lowboy cubs and sure enough I came across a good handful in just a few minutes of looking. Some were round nose lowboys and some square nose. However there were lots on there with full fenders these fenders were put on them from a factory when built.

[Boss Hog]

by the way that is factory paint i believe too

[Dale Shaw]

OH NO, the Correct Police aren't always Correct?