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Rusk · 06-08-2014, 03:05 AM

I know a bunch of you have been down this road. The rear fenders that I got with my car had lots of dents and tears and someone did a really poor job patching the rot where they meet the running boards. Since nice rear fenders are hard to come by (and big $$), I decided to fix what I had. Here are a few pics I took as I went along...

I removed all the bondo and fiberglass and cut out the rot. Then I made a new patch and welded it in...

Welds cleaned up...

Here's the other fender. It got the same patch and some other repairs. I spent many hours with a hammer and dolly and some time with a shrinking disc to get it to this point...still needs a little more before it'll be ready for primer.

I still need to drill the holes for the running boards and make the reinforcements for the inside.

I also had my buddy make a patch for my firewall on his Pullmax (I only have hand tools). We intentionally matched the passenger side X, but we could have made it like the original with the square if we'd wanted.

That's it. I just wanted to share the way I tackled some common problems my car.

06-08-2014, 03:05 AM	#1
Rusk Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Roseville, CA Posts: 172	Patching some nasty 1936 rear fenders I know a bunch of you have been down this road. The rear fenders that I got with my car had lots of dents and tears and someone did a really poor job patching the rot where they meet the running boards. Since nice rear fenders are hard to come by (and big $$), I decided to fix what I had. Here are a few pics I took as I went along... I removed all the bondo and fiberglass and cut out the rot. Then I made a new patch and welded it in... Welds cleaned up... Here's the other fender. It got the same patch and some other repairs. I spent many hours with a hammer and dolly and some time with a shrinking disc to get it to this point...still needs a little more before it'll be ready for primer. I still need to drill the holes for the running boards and make the reinforcements for the inside. I also had my buddy make a patch for my firewall on his Pullmax (I only have hand tools). We intentionally matched the passenger side X, but we could have made it like the original with the square if we'd wanted. That's it. I just wanted to share the way I tackled some common problems my car.