Well, I got the fenders (two inner, one outer) out of the packaging, and found:
The outer fender has a really smooth, sort of glossy black coating
One of the inner fenders has the same coating
The other ineer fender has what looks like a coat of gray primer.
Not idea what any of it is. I guess I'll sand off what I can and paint the bare metal. Some places I wound be able to completely remove the coating (where there are multiple folds making a curve), and I have no access to sand blasting.
Wish me luck!
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur (
https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road.
Tim
