Originally posted by Dave Severson
Fiberglass and metal expand and contract at different rates....'Glassing up a whole is a fix usually associated with used car lots.... Why not shape some 20 ga. to the same contour of the wheel lip and weld it in. If you don't have a welder it would be worthwhile to borrow one or hire someone to weld it in. JMO
it's not a hole, it's where the wheel lip is half rotted off, about center of the tire opening, the wheel lip is gone, I would use metal ( and I do have a Flux wire welder ) but I have no way of accuratly shaping the metal, which is why I made the patch, I'll eventully replace at least that 1/4 panal, but until I can afford to do that, I'd like the car to look ok, I'll probably touch up the area with some eggshell white, from a rattle can, should look ok until I can get 1/4's. hopefully, next year I will able to get the motor rebuilt and put a new 1/4 in, ( maby by then, they will be reproduced ).