Tim, there must be one of those HF stores that sucks you in as you drive home after
school. I've bought one of those HF mover's blankets, a couple of years ago when my
daughter was moving from apartment to apartment in the city. I ended up using those
Navy blankets for her furniture instead and never used the movers blanket. because it
seemed like the edging or thread was kind of scratchy feeling and might be tough on a
smooth polished finish.
A couple of things the commercial fender pads have going for them is that they use a
closed cell foam sheet with a skin that won't pick up grit. Also all of them that I've looked
at had a row of magnets sewn into one edge which kept them from sliding off the fender.
All the carpet pads I’ve seen, because they are typically a coarse open cell foam, tend to
pick up small stones and other grit if they fall on the floor.
The reason I jokingly mentioned the Blue Navy blankets is because that sort of material is
like a polishing cloth and tends to just slip off the fender just about the time you have a
heavy greasy starter about one half thread away from falling out of the bell housing. And
the same problem would apply to beach towels, flannel sheets, or shirts, comforters, chair
throws, etc.
I found one guy online in Canada that makes fender covers in a couple of large sizes for
those vintage 30's and 40's cars with the fat fenders and seven foot long hoods. He also
custom makes covers, the only problem is he has a lousy site for his product and there
isn't any information on pricing or how to order from him. And when I see the word
"custom" it's always followed by the word "$". So anyway, that lousy site design tells me
a lot about his business and how his product would be made also.
As common as the AD is, I was really surprised that none of the vendors offered an
It’s a good thing I got into collecting all those heavy Singer sewing machines a few years
boversized "fender cover" ready made for that series truck.
Well, here I go again, off on another tangent that will pull me away from actually getting
any work done on the truck. But I guess if I want to find what I have pictured in my mind
I'll have to go in search for a supplier of closed foam sheet with a skin and a handful of
button magnets and make a couple my self.
ack. But first I'll have to get one of them working good enough to edge the foam, which
means another month away from truck work. By then the snow will be flying and
It’ll be time for me to head down to the basement for winter work.
This "Gotta make it your self if you want it done right" disease is really a burden at times,
I’ve been looking for a cure for some time but so far the only medicine that appears to
help is "big bucks", and I can't seem to come up with a big enough dose of that to make a
difference.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Now that I've wasted the whole morning with another of my novels, I snuck out to the barn
with the ruler and that 24" width actually would cover most of the fender.
Now, if they only had the magnets sewn in the edged like the NAPA
one had I just might order a pair.
Last edited by Denny Graham; 10/12/2011 11:57 AM.
