Here's what I did. I took some fairly thick sheet metal and made some plates
about 3 " wide and 4 or so long. Bent the end at a 90 about 1/2 inch wide.
Drilled a couple holes in the right place for the captive nuts and welded a
couple of nuts in place. The folded end rests against the flange where the
body
is welded together on the bottom and is welded in place. That way you have a
nice solid attach point for the fender. Then if you want you can fiberglass
of sheet metal in the rest of the rusted out area.
keith
In a message dated 2/18/2006 9:51:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
res1a278@verizon.net writes:
On the car we are repairing (I resist saying 'restoring' due to budget
constraints) the original nut inserts were rusted badly and, when attempting
to unbolt the fenders, twisted out with the bolts - they need to be replaced
or the fenders will have to be tacked to the body - something I was hoping
to not have to do. Maybe that's where the phase 'a little tacky'
originated??
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