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Re: Rear Wing Replacement

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Subject: Re: Rear Wing Replacement
From: doug@dougbraun.com
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:59:00 -0500
You mean the seam along the bottom of the rear fender from the wheel to
the bumper?  That trim piece is upside-down, and will love to trap water and 
rust
out if you do not seal it carefully after replacing it.

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

At 09:26 AM 2/8/2006 -0700, Joe Curry wrote:
>There is a rear seam that meets with the valance.  The two pieces are sport
>welded and a piece of molded body metal (like the trim on the top only in
>mild steel) is tack welded on top of that junction to make it a smooth and
>attractive joint.
>
>The inner fender lip is parallel with the outer fender.  I am pretty sure
>that the two are also spot welded together.  If the inner fenders are also
>flared out, it may be a bit of work to reshape them to match the new fender
>regardless of whether you use the entire fender of a section of it.
>
>I suppose it is also possible to section the inner fender as well as the
>outer.


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