Yeah, I've used old bedding blankets and moving blankets. In fact one of my favorite
things to use even today is a fender cover that followed me home about 50 years ago
when I worked in a Chevy dealership. It's big, big enough to cover any fender and made
from a soft fluffy tan fabric, the only problem with the fabric covers is they tend to slip
around and slide off the fender. That’s why you see the rubber/vinyl ones in the
commercial garages today, they don‘t slip around.
The one from NAPA was made like the ones you see in the dealerships. One of
the things that I liked about it was the magnets at the top that hold it tight to the inner
fender flange on the AD’s, but they're just way to small. These well made covers are
available in larger sizes and custom made but the big ones are up near a hundred bucks.
You wouldn’t think that a lousy fender protector would warrant this much concern but
when you spend as much time under the hood of your old truck as a lot of us do, you want
something that you’re comfortable with. It’s like that feeling you get when you climb into
a pair of those old well worn Levi’s.
DG
Last edited by Denny Graham; 12/16/2011 3:00 PM.
