Fender repair 101
- Trevor Gates
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Fender repair 101
I thought I'd post some pics of a fender repair I recently did with Jack's input. The pictures pretty much tell the story. It's been a lot of fun "de-rusting" (as my kids call it) these fenders and applying new techniques I've learned.
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- Trevor Gates
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Re: Fender repair 101
Nice work
- Brian R Adams
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Re: Fender repair 101
Doctor, do you make house calls?
Welcome to the era of policy-based evidence-making.
Difficile est saturam non scribere (Juvenal)
Difficile est saturam non scribere (Juvenal)
- Glen Hamner, Jr
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Re: Fender repair 101
The humor around here is top drawer!
- Craig Richter
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Re: Fender repair 101
Dr. Gates didn't mention it, but this patient belongs to my brother-in-law, P.A. My sister gave him a beautiful Ivory '60 Coupe as a present for graduating from Pharmacy school back in 1965. He named her "Lucretia". Lucretia's had her ups and downs over the years, but Trevor (with Jack looking over his shoulder) is bringing her back. What fun!
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Re: Fender repair 101
Craig,
Is this the car from your Brother-in-law from Lake Arrowhead ?
Also the car that is mentioned in your book ?
Is this the car from your Brother-in-law from Lake Arrowhead ?
Also the car that is mentioned in your book ?
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Re: Fender repair 101
Hi John,
Forgive me for not coming up to Lake Arrowhead to see you, or my beautiful sister and her husband for that matter, but my plate has been over-full lately. I hope Mandy and I can make it up to the mountains soon. Plenty of stories to share...
Yes, of course, this is the same car you saw last year, and the same car mentioned in "...Porsche Fly". Next time you see her she'll be back to original Ivory with many, many little changes to make her fun again. It just takes so long to do all this work, and I'm anxious to get her over to Austria and show her the Alps!
Forgive me for not coming up to Lake Arrowhead to see you, or my beautiful sister and her husband for that matter, but my plate has been over-full lately. I hope Mandy and I can make it up to the mountains soon. Plenty of stories to share...
Yes, of course, this is the same car you saw last year, and the same car mentioned in "...Porsche Fly". Next time you see her she'll be back to original Ivory with many, many little changes to make her fun again. It just takes so long to do all this work, and I'm anxious to get her over to Austria and show her the Alps!
- Trevor Gates
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Re: Fender repair 101
I’m doing a repair on a customer’s car and thought I’d add these additional pictures that show a technique I’m using on the closing panel that the fender attaches to. The same paper template can be used for both the outer skin and closing panel. As this is a very common area to rust, I hope this can help someone else tackling this area themselves.
https://www.instagram.com/trevorcgates/
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