Thread: 55/58 Chevy truck build

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You can never have enough good fenders. I had a mess up fender laying around and a new repoped fender that someone gave me. The repop fender fitment was horrible so I decided to use it as a patch panel. I have a passenger fender that I already primed but when I checked the fitment I like the mess up fender a little better. So I decided to fix the fender and use which ever one I like the best when I put the truck back together. Or I just used it as an excuse to weld something together.lol







This is what is left of a new fender that I used for patch panels because the fitment was so bad. I used the rear for another fender for a buddy. It still has some use so I will not throw it out. It still has a good brace, eyebrow, and front and top panel. Somebody may need a piece of it so I will keep it. I know too many hotrodders to throw it out. I don't know about the other new fenders, but the fitment for this one was garbage.


Here is the fender after metal finishing.

I'm still blocking the fenders. They are coming out nice the are pretty straight. He is a pic of them in primer (just because I have not shared in a while) I will be blocking them more but for now I'm moving on to the hood.lol



I made it out of 1 inch wide and 1/4 thick flat stock. Making it flow with the radius of the side of the hood took some thought but it came out decent.
Oh yeah I also spot welded the hood to the brace in several spots.




I got the sectioned hood in primer. It was a lot of hammer and dolly work but here it is.