Easy enough to make a new mounting flange. Take a piece of lightweight cardboard (cereal box, etc) and trace a pattern and cut it out of flat sheet metal. It has simple curves and can be bent to shape around a piece of pipe or other cylindrical object. No compound curves needing shrinking or stretching. Been there, done that on fender mounting flanges, both rear and front fenders.


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1951 Chevy 3100 work truck
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1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car)
Busting rust since the mid-60's
If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.