[19Fordy]

Originally Posted by nelsb01

Since this thread was re-started..............
Did anyone ever notice the small holes along the fender edge where the welting goes? These holes are about 1/16 dia.
I believe I heard it from a very knowledgeable man -- but those holes were where the welting was nailed on to the fender.
Think about this..... you and I wlll spend hours getting our fender welting installed -- but how long did it take on the original assembly line?

nelsbno1: I never noticed any 1/16 in. holes along the fender edge of a 1940 Ford and would be very surprised if Henry Ford took the time to have a worker
manually "nailing" fender welt to a fender. It's too time consuming and labor intensive. More info. to verify what was told to you by a very knowledgaeable man would be great.
When I removed the original factory fender welting from my 40 Ford in 1972 I don't recall there being any nails holding it in place.