[Ian1932]

Originally Posted by DavidG

Ian,

I use body-to-frame webbing from Restoration Specialties (www.restorationspecialties.com) in Windber, PA. Their 1/16 x 2 version is a very good duplicate of the original. All four of the original webbing sections (two each side, one beneath the body in front of the frame kick up for the rear axle and one beneath the front fender) were the same width over their entire length and not trimmed at the front of the frame where it is narrower side to side, at least according to the original engineering drawings for them and all of the original cars I've seen where the front fenders have never been removed since they were first installed. The excess width of webbing just sort of curls down for lack of underlying support.

According to the original engineering drawing, one of the front fender sections of the webbing has a notch cut into it which theoretically lines up with the engine number stamped on the frame rail in front of the left foot of the firewall so that the number can be read without removing the front fender. In reality, original examples abound where there's no notch in the webbing or where the stamped number isn't aligned with the notch, in whole or part.

Awesome! thanks!