Posted by doug handran on July 24, 1998 at 21:07:00
In Reply to: Preservation /vs/ Appearance
posted by Fred Murphy on July 24, 1998 at 10:18:25
i don't think you're going to be able to avoid the welding.you really do have to cut out all the rot and properly weld the broken and torn areas for a presentable job. the big catch with fenders is that the once you've got the metal back to approximately i used lead to smooth out ripples i wouldn't be overly concerned with i had huge dents and tears in my as far as the small pits are concerned,
:Just started working on restoring body panels on my Town Sedan and some of the body parts have typical rust pitting,holes,and broken and ripped metal.I have just recieved my second pair of front fenders and have two pairs of rear fenders.Both sets are original and have simular problems.To finish these pieces off to look presentable not perfect looks like it will require welding and body filler.Is there any other way to repair pitting than a thin coat of body filler or building the primer heavey enough to fill pitting.With repairing most of the dents they still would show some wave under black paint.I don't like using body filler but the alternative would be to purchase reproduction metal fenders.It would have cost me about the same for two sets of original virsus a set of reproduction.What's a better call patched originals or reproduction? What say Yee! |
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