Comments on: … the other Fender

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:14:42 +0000

Yeah, to have to register as I host it myself rather than via WordPress. If you want to register and have any bother with registering just fire me an email (ed-at-ratdat-dot-com) and I’ll sort it for you. I know a few folks have had issues but i can’t figure out why!

Both the fenders I have here are new so the metal is great. Even though you’ll still have a bit of work to do, at least having what amount to genuine repair sections should save a bit of work.

Mercifully, the van’s been fairly solid so not much welding so far, although i did discover some really nasty welding underneath deep filler on the left sill this afternoon. I’ll discover the full extent tomorrow I expect.

As for GRP, could you get that kind of work done locally for less than buying from Japan? I’d actually love to have a go at making GRP panels some time, but I don’t really have the space of facilities. I’m tempted to have a go when I eventually tackle getting my 510 back together.

By: kyteler

kyteler — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:45:34 +0000

Screw Yahoo! Hahah, there’s most definitely parts available though they do have a significant price. I will go to glass in the future but it’s all still strip and evaluate at the moment. It will cost around $2500NZD for the purchase of the panels that I’m after, that’s without even considering shipping and associated costs for Fenders, Bootlid, Bonnet. Double it and I could get a pair of full glass doors. The weight saving on the doors alone would be immense. Considering the car weighs 1180kg, I would think replacement of all such panels including the doors could bring it down significantly, of course when I cage it, it’ll jack back up again but you gotta do what you gotta do, right?

By: kyteler

kyteler — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:41:01 +0000

Interesting proposal, Ed. If the bottom section of your worst one isn’t all too bad, including the rear support section, I might well take you up on that offer. I’ll continue with the stripping and see how it looks, let me know what you think would be the best option when I’ve updated with the results.

As a side note, your work on the Dodge is amazing! I tried to comment on it but you have to be a member in order to comment, I guess that might just be a case of registering on your site specifically as my wordpress login failed miserably.

By: 86LIFE

86LIFE — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:25:06 +0000

I may be speaking out of turn. But with all of rust and repair work involved in bring the steel up to standard, have you ever considered fibreglass panels. At least for the removable ones. There must be something on Yahoo. Credit to you all the same good sir for this valiant rescue.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:00:05 +0000

Doesn’t look too bad so far. Hey if it helps I can always send you just bits of one of the fenders I have to use as a repair section. I’ve got two LH wings and I seriously doubt there’s going to be any demand here for them so I’m happy to chop one up for you.