1966 Dodge Dart
Starting to work on front fenders. Found that they had some questionable decay just behind the wheel wells. Thought about just putting some short haired fiber glass to smooth it out and hide it but thought Ive gone this far I should cut it out and replace with patch panels. Here are some pics of what I found before and after sandblasting.
The above were after sandblasting to see how bad this really was. Of course its to bad to just cover up so tonight I decided to start the repair. I cut the drivers side out and cut a rough patch panel from some material that was left over from the rear quarter replacement panels. The one thing I did find tonight is that metal from the rear replacement panels is not near as thick/heavy as the original metal is. Here are some pics of the cut and patch panel before weld.
Hopefully in the next few days I will get a chance to fit the panel and weld it in. Its my first time for this kind of work. Any other welding on body parts has been in areas where it couldnt be seen. Not sure how this will turn out!
More pics to come!
Rod
Starting to work on front fenders. Found that they had some questionable decay just behind the wheel wells. Thought about just putting some short haired fiber glass to smooth it out and hide it but thought Ive gone this far I should cut it out and replace with patch panels. Here are some pics of what I found before and after sandblasting.
The above were after sandblasting to see how bad this really was. Of course its to bad to just cover up so tonight I decided to start the repair. I cut the drivers side out and cut a rough patch panel from some material that was left over from the rear quarter replacement panels. The one thing I did find tonight is that metal from the rear replacement panels is not near as thick/heavy as the original metal is. Here are some pics of the cut and patch panel before weld.
Hopefully in the next few days I will get a chance to fit the panel and weld it in. Its my first time for this kind of work. Any other welding on body parts has been in areas where it couldnt be seen. Not sure how this will turn out!
More pics to come!
Rod
