Hi Folks,
I'll be cutting the fenders off of my parts car this weekend. They are salvageable for the skilled metal worker. I am willing to let these go for cheap. I would like to gauge interest or thoughts on viability, as this will dictate how careful I am about removing them. I will post them for sale after they are removed.
If there is no interest or the collective thinks that they should be scrapped, I am going to keep the nose attached to the front of the fenders rather than cutting the factory welds. Even if I do this, parts of the fenders such as the arches will still be usable. I don't believe that I need them for my project car, nor do I want to store them.
The back story on that in 1989, a previous owner cut the rust out of the inner fenders. The structural inner fender removal resulted in sending the front strut towers through the hood. In addition to the disintegration of some of the under hood outer fender metal, the driver's side fender has sheared. I think it is absolutely fixable, but it's probably not worth paying to have done.
There is close to a mm of filler up near the windshield base. The fender has a crack in this area. Some rot near the rocker.
This fender has sheared near the strut tower. It would need to be bent back and welded. Also note the lumpy section above the beltline trim. Another crack to the right of the obnoxiously large antenna hole.
The horror:
Who needs inner fenders - Ooops!
I'll be cutting the fenders off of my parts car this weekend. They are salvageable for the skilled metal worker. I am willing to let these go for cheap. I would like to gauge interest or thoughts on viability, as this will dictate how careful I am about removing them. I will post them for sale after they are removed.
If there is no interest or the collective thinks that they should be scrapped, I am going to keep the nose attached to the front of the fenders rather than cutting the factory welds. Even if I do this, parts of the fenders such as the arches will still be usable. I don't believe that I need them for my project car, nor do I want to store them.
The back story on that in 1989, a previous owner cut the rust out of the inner fenders. The structural inner fender removal resulted in sending the front strut towers through the hood. In addition to the disintegration of some of the under hood outer fender metal, the driver's side fender has sheared. I think it is absolutely fixable, but it's probably not worth paying to have done.
There is close to a mm of filler up near the windshield base. The fender has a crack in this area. Some rot near the rocker.
This fender has sheared near the strut tower. It would need to be bent back and welded. Also note the lumpy section above the beltline trim. Another crack to the right of the obnoxiously large antenna hole.
The horror:
Who needs inner fenders - Ooops!
