Next issue! My poor old basket case had the inner fender brackets torched out and heavy strap welded from the top of the fender to the frame. Grinder, dobber weld and more grinding has the splits, extra drillings and banging the dents, all repaired within acceptable use again. ??’s Was the angle bracket at a 90 degree? Welded just to the sheet metal or attached to the frame somehow? Anyone with a closeup picture for reference would be appreciated.
Larry Old man᠁Old truck᠁neither one goes very fast. All you need in life is TIME, PATIENCE and MONEY. If you are missing one component, you'll need an abundance of the others two.
Here is a picture of my trucks inner fender bracket, its not a very good picture. Mine was pretty beat up also, if you look close, one of the hold down bolt holes doesn't line up.
Larry - I did some web snooping and found some good pictures of a '37 inner fender with the bracket intact on fleabay. I snagged partial screen shots and include them below of various angles in the hope it will help you with your bracket.
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
So Dan, it looks like the bracket itself attaches to the frame with a couple of bolts. Must’ve been double layered. The backside of the bottom curls back and attached with spot welds to the sheet metal, while folding out to attach to the frame. My frame doesn’t have visible holes there but what’s the previous owners obsession with his torch, they are probably just filled in when I ground the welds smooth. Thanks for the pictures. It clears things up….kind of.
Larry Old man᠁Old truck᠁neither one goes very fast. All you need in life is TIME, PATIENCE and MONEY. If you are missing one component, you'll need an abundance of the others two.
Larry - Here's a zoomed in shot of the bracket on edge that shows what looks to be 2 pieces. The long ribbed piece that bolts to the frame at the bottom and is riveted to the top area of the inner fender panel is backed by the 2nd piece and seems to be welded to the main ribbed bracket and perhaps welded to the lower shelf of the panel. You can see the remnant of that rear bracket still attached to the lower shelf of your panel as is the remnant of the long ribbed piece at the top of the panel in your posted picture.
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Yep those original lower pieces of the brace are still attached to my inner fender pieces. They are spot welded. Looks like another thing that will hang fire until I can rough fit everything back together to spot weld in place. Don’t want to guess. The angled strip that bolts the doghouse to this inner fender at the front is completely broken off as well so that whole piece is in flux until I dry fit everything together. The doghouse has a crumple and some splits to fix first. What a mess…
Larry Old man᠁Old truck᠁neither one goes very fast. All you need in life is TIME, PATIENCE and MONEY. If you are missing one component, you'll need an abundance of the others two.
