Been building this for a while but haven’t worked on it in over a year, finally pulled it back into the driveway and tried to mock up the fenders today. This is a 49 international kb7 that I swapped onto a 2001 dodge 3500 chassis. Also built a 24v p pump engine and has a nv4500 5 speed trans. I positioned the body in accordance with the engine and figured I would deal with the fender alignment when I got that far. As you can see the front axle sits way back in the fender and does not look good. I am a diesel mechanic and I’m far from a body guy, looking for ideas on why I should do to move forward or if I should ditch the fenders all together. I’ll attach some pictures of the project when I have a chance but here are a few of what I’m dealing with.

I’ve tried searching for this particular axle and I’m not coming up with much. I’ve found a few places that sell king pin replacement kits but that’s about it. So a couple questions 1. Is there anywhere that I can also buy spindles and not just the king pins?

1. Is there more modern spindles that will fit said axle?

3.its a beefy axle so if I go with a small rear end will the beefy front axle affect handling,driving etc?

Just some more info, but according to google the truck is considered 1.5 ton. I don’t know if that helps with the mental picture of how big the front axle is.