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#244651 01/17/12 11:17 PM
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Hi everyone just got my vert out of sandblasting my question is are these rear fenders worth repairing or should i replace thanks here some pics



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It depends how much filler is actually on there....even replacements will need some filling...The drivers side looks the worst, feel underneath to see how bad the metal is. Looks like I would replace it at least.

I replaced mine with skins welded in in a line between the top ridge and the wheel well.... the guy did an awesome job.....after sanding likely have a tablespoon of filler on both sides...

It also depends where the car is going to sit, ie in garage or out in the weather and of course how long you are keeping it and how much you want to spend. I dropped $40k into mine and it is garage kept, only sees rain if I get caught out in it....


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They both look a whole lot better than what was left of my '67. The trickiest part to deal with is down along the bottom of the rear quarter wher the rust creeps up the wheel well lip. That is a real inaccessable space and needs to be taken car of with new metal. It would be nice to keep the overall integrity of the body by not replacing panels, but you may need to do some exploratory cutting to see what you really have.

How do the inner and outer wheel wells look? Likely not too bad based on what I see from the body.


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on the right rear lower fender it hasabout 2 1" holes ans 2 smaller ones on the driver side cant really tell unless i take the complete filler off now that im thinking for this time being i may just refill it and primer it.i would like to replace it but cant afford it rite now trying to save for a house and do a budjet build so kind of hard to fork out some cash thanks everyone for the info really appriciate it. just curious ball park price on how something like this will run me?

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Had two quarters sectioned and outer rockers replaced on my wife's car. The bill was $7K when I picked it up. That was just labor. I supplied the parts.

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Always try to repair the original metal!!


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