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how do you put the welting on rear fenders?
Rivit it on in place first?

We recommend using contact cement. You have to cut the welt tail with pie shape cuts every couple inches in the areas that are curved. Install with the bead of the welt against the fender outer surface so that when the fender is installed the welt is snuggly pressed against the bed side. That way, it seals the opening and prevents mud and water from coming out through the gap between the bed side and fender. Be careful to prevent contact cement from getting on the outer exposed part fo the fender, as it may damage the paint. Masking tape will help here.

Mar-Ktech

While we're on the subject what years was welt used?

tx

Keith

or use 3M weather adhesive
a section at a time. a simple pie cut and the radius on these fenders is gradual so several small pie cuts work better than a few large ones. you;ll also learn that the fender holes are away from the fender edge and only require a minor cut to clear.

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C.T.,
Nice pics an great tutorial...your welting looks very profesional!
I will be takin my back fenders off soon to install the welting...couldnt get that part done in time to have the 52 ready for the prom last spring so I just glued on sections of gasket material as a paint buffer..till I can do the welting right.
Tim

Keith,

It looks like Lindsay is referring to a 1958 truck.

Rear fender welt was not used by the factory on pickups between 47-55 (Advance-Design series) but welt was used on panel-body rear fenders during those years.

Others will have to post about pre-'47 and post-'55-1st series trucks. Jim Carter's catalog states that rear fender welt on pickups was not used from the factory from 1934-1972.

It seems odd that the factory did not use rear fender welt.

Tim

I did this a few times and in addition to Jim's methods I found that if a small hole is made with a leather punch at the end of the slits maybe 1/8" behind the bead the welting became much more cooperative and it would overlap so you could see how wide to make the pie cuts and end up without gaps or overlaps.

I was planning on doing the rear fenders to protect the paint on the 58
Is this a good idea?

On my '54 pickup (which also did not come with rear fender welting), I plan to use a strip of tar-paper or a thin rubber strip between fenders and bed-sides (with no bead).

I would have to challenge Jim Carters catalog, My 52 had
fender welting on the rear fenders when I disassembled it for
restoration, and I purchased the welting from The Truck Store
in Nashville Ga...mar-Ktech and Curt B have given good advice
on installing it...Bill B

Tim, I'm in total agreament with ya. Never had any on the AD pickups from the factory, if ya had anything there then someone put it there at a later date when they had the rear fenders off.
As a safety against paint chipping on a restoration I would also use a strip of ant-squeek (15# tar paper) in the joint.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Mine didn't have any welting on the rear fenders...Joe