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Front Fender patch panels?

Started by areibel, August 26, 2012, 06:37:08 PM

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areibel

I finally pulled the front fenders off of the currnet '69, and I'm plesantly surprised!  There were some nasty bulges and holes in the lower rear section, but everything (cowl, rockers, etc) loos pretty good- Phew!  But the fenders themselves need work, the lower rears are both bad about a foot up.  I seem to remember someone making a patch panel for this area, I don't see it on the AMD site but I know I've seen them before.   Are there any half way decent ones out there you guys have used?  The drivers side is the worst, the lower flange where the bottom bolts down is bad but the passenger side only needs the outside metal, I just don't want to try forming the whole thing.
Thanks!
Al 


areibel

Yup!
The thing I'm wondering about is if these are the same as the ones that have been for sale a long time- the famous "Canadian hand formed" panels.  I helped a friend install a set of them on his Dart about 25 years ago (dang I'm gettin' old!) and they were a bit of a nightmare.  They were more like caps, they actually fit over the section they were supposed to replace and were about another eighth of an inch too wide- We lined up the wheel well edge and welded across (oxy acetylene hammer welded, yeah we were brave but dumb), then beat the edge down over a brick mason's chisel to reform the back edge.  It would pass PA inspection, but that's about the best you could say about it. 
I think if they're still as bad I'll just try patching with sheet metal, but I was hoping for easier!  Wonder if AMD has any blem fenders they'd cut the bottoms off of?

C928BRAN

i got mine from Columbia parts, in California, on Ebay. I got the patch and the brace for 116.00 shipped, per side, and it was almost a perfect fit.