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Kyle242GT's 1959 5.044

:nod: I stored the mufflers in the fronts already. External fenders like this (see pretty much everything up to the early fifties) are really space inefficient.

I'm sure I could store another 4" of tire back there eventually. :oogle:
 
Propane torch will soften the bondo and it'll come off with a putty knife. Quick clean up with wire wheel. Works for me. :cool:
 
NONHOG said:
Propane torch will soften the bondo and it'll come off with a putty knife. Quick clean up with wire wheel. Works for me. :cool:
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And if the bondo slinger before you didn't temper the area, get it cherry red and hit it with a cold wet rag and watch the dent just fly back to its original shape.
 
Good info on the torch, I did notice it coming off pretty easily as I welded near it.

I can't imagine what the fender would do to itself being temperature-shocked like that, with all the bends and stress I've put in it already.
 
I'd always wondered about getting a fender from another larger 40's car and perhaps cutting it down a little if anything. But it would at least have a nice curve from lip to body instead of needing to transition to flatter metal and getting an oildrum look.
 
I kinda wondered that too, John. There's lots of repop stuff available, but hard to know what'd fit and look right without having hands on it. A lot of money wasted shipping crap back and forth.... if you had a local JY full of classic steel, that might be fun.

These are going to wind up more bulbous than oildrummed, which brings its own set of problems - the original vertical face of the fenders is a pretty straight line, maybe a gentle taper from the trimline to the bottom. The fronts are still like that (for now, heh heh) but the rears really have a much rounder shape. It should be neat looking, but the fronts, even if I piecut and give them a similar treatment (am getting some rub) won't be anything like the rears.
 
The look from the rear still is taking some getting used to for me.

Are you leaving the tail lights in the "stock" position?
Maybe if they're moved farther toward the outside it wouldn't look so unusual.

Just a thought...
 
Not sure about the tails. They're not shaped properly to fit the fenders angled that way... might be able to modify them, or I might just lose my mind and do something like this.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/1950-Pontiac-Red-Tail-Light-Assembly,3079.html
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or
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/1959-Cadillac-Tail-Light-Kits,19763.html
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or
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/1941-Ford-Style-LED-Flush-Mount-Tail-Light-Red,54992.html
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or
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/1949-1950-Chevy-Chrome-Tail-Light-Assembly-LH-Drivers-Side,66322.html
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or
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Technostalgia-6046-1946-1948-Plymouth-LED-Tail-Lights,5955.html
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these might be tough to figure out.
or
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Garage-Sale-1940-Ford-Blue-Dot-Tail-Lights,140201.html
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Plenty of time to worry about that down the road.
 
Agree that the stockers aren't all that.

Frenched-in 59's are kind of cliche, I like the Ford chevrons or the '50 Chevies, myself. A few of the Pontiac dots would work nicely too.

If I went with the Caddy lights, I'd probably put them on the C-pillar area. That'd be tricky, but potentially ultra keen. Or how about some fins!?

That's a ways off, anyway, my magnetic HF lights will get me past metalwork.
 
Get some early 444 B-pillar 'cuckoo's'. They flip out when the signal goes on. It might be possible to convince the DMV that it was original equipment and have them approve it.

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