I've recently enrolled in a community college body shop class. The teacher has encouraged me to bring in one of my fenders to work on. I jumped all over it!
The first problem was getting the fender off the truck while it's wrapped in a tarp, sandwiched between a fence and the house, and surrounded by 2' of snow!
I got it off no problem (thank god I changed the bolts in the fall to stainless!)
I now have the following questions with photo reference for each.
At the rear of fender and at the front leading edge I have a total of three holes - they look like they were drilled. I'm inclined to fill them.
https://picasaweb.google.com/wmhatfield/RearFenderWork#5582221996970062834https://picasaweb.google.com/wmhatfield/RearFenderWork#5582222003490776274https://picasaweb.google.com/wmhatfield/RearFenderWork#5582222020128601042https://picasaweb.google.com/wmhatfield/RearFenderWork#5582222103832270402Just below the first mounting bolt hole towards the front is a bolt holding onto a piece of metal:
https://picasaweb.google.com/wmhatfield/RearFenderWork#5582222033046443298And finally at the trailing edge (rear) of the fender there seems to be a re-enforcement piece that appears welded in at one end, and bolted at the other - regardless its cracked and needs to be fixed. Can anyone tell me why its bolted at one end? See the following:
https://picasaweb.google.com/wmhatfield/RearFenderWork#5582222048237908978https://picasaweb.google.com/wmhatfield/RearFenderWork#5582222066551696114the bolted part:
https://picasaweb.google.com/wmhatfield/RearFenderWork#5582222077474940690Is this bolt the location where the reenforcement post supports the fender and attaches to the truck here??:
https://picasaweb.google.com/wmhatfield/RearFenderWork#5582221970664023618I'll be welding patches in, grinding down existing bad welds and then finishing it off with fillers - so I would like to know what was original, and what should go. Close up shots of completed fenders would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark
