Tom,
That's where the factory put the two fender panels together...there isn't
any way to stamp the entire fender out of one piece of metal so there is a
factory seam.
Mike Boteler
'56 4400 Brush Fire Truck NAPCO
'56 8400 Wrecker w/Holmes 525
'56 9200 Tractor w/Allison Automatic
'57 10500 Fire Truck
Hughesville, MD
http://www.chevytrucks.org/mikesgarage/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Cooper" <tntcoop@earthlink.net>
To: "Oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 9:48 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] thanks for the primer help and another question
> Thanks to everyone for your help and input to my epoxy and etch post. It
> appears that most everyone has a different method and I am sure they all
> work great. After talking to a buddy that owns a sign shop with a paint
> booth, he says he uses an epoxy primer and hasn't had any problems with
> it. He said he would prime my fenders, inner fenders, grill, and
> radiator support at no cost. He will also do the back fenders and bed
> sides when that time comes. Unfortunately, I want be able to get my cab
> in his booth, so I will have the guy that blasts it primer the cab.
> I live on a dirt road and will be driving my truck regularly so I am not
> sure a high dollar paint job would be worth it.
>
> ??? I was also wondering if any of you guys have ever seen a 55 and 56
> fender that looks like it has been braised together across the inside
> front corner? After I got my fenders blasted I noticed a line across
> both fenders on the inside front. I have a picture of the fenders after
> they were blasted, but I have a line drawn where the braise line or what
> ever it is was at. Keep in mind that one of these fenders is from a 55
> and the other from a 56, but the line was on both of them and in the
> same place. I wish I would have taken a picture before I got them primed
> but I didn't. Here is a link to the fenders with a line drawn where the
> braise line is.
> http://coopscorner.com/55truck/files-to-use/fenders.htm
>
> Thanks for the input...
>
> Tom in SC
> ` 55 2nd
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