When I bought my chevy someone had grafted in a fender flare on the drivers side. To me it looks like its been lengthened, too. I like the look of it and wouldn't mind doing the same on the p***enger side, however i have no idea what kind of car (or truck or van) it came from. Any ideas?
Good work Sonny! I think you hit the nail on the head! Looks like i'm putting a stock fender off my parts car on it. As much as I like the look, i'm not going to find, pay for, and completly ruin 2 50's merc fenders just for a fender flare. I think whoever did this had a great idea, but didn't anticipate having to lengthen the flare, thus using 2 fenders to make one flare.
1952,53,and 54 Ford car fenders will actually provide you with a longer flare in the front curve than the 54 Merc. The one's blow are 54 Ford. Another nice flare to use is the 1955-56 Plymouth, but hard to find.
Hey, Anyone with average metal & fab skills can build these fender flares without the need to butcher up some stock fenders Cut a piece of 3/4 plywood to the shape of the wheelhouse opening. Now bend some 1/2'' e.m.t. to fit the outside shape of the plywood ( you may have to make some pie cuts in the tight corners), you can also build these from square tube. Cut some 19-20 gauge c.r.s. to the shape of the emt x3''-4'' wide. Tape the cut out metal over the emt you've taped to your benchtop & leave 'bout 1/3 of the piece below the centerline of the emt. Now with a corking tool (wood or plastic) begin to roll the 1/3 material around the shape of the emt. When you've produced a clean shape (be sure to go slow & check you progress often) you can now shrink this flange to match the correct amount of crown (tumble home) of your fenders. The upper reverse crown is formed over a piece of 2 1/2'' pipe or on your e wheel. Using this method, you can build any shape fender flair your build requires without the need to hunt fenders. " Meanwhyle, back aboard The Tainted Pork "
pictures would definitely help to better understand. if you could post any it would be appreciated. thanks.
52 Olds flare looks close to what is on that fender....lots of great custom work done on the Bel-air ! I'd definitely try to copy what's there...scout the swap meets for a likely fender......or like Pimpin says, "Build one to match if necessary actually, the more I look at it...could it be a 70s Chevy pickup rear flare shortened to fit?...it drops straight down on front and rear...most front fender flares sweep back on the rear side... Is there no way to talk to the original builder?...
A chevy pickup is a little different (I have one in my driveway,) however a fullsize chevy van looked close but it wasnt a wide enough flare (dont know if 'wide' is the best way to describe it.) The 52 Olds is the same way I think, seems to be a much thinner flare I have tried for months to find a way to talk to the original builder, he used to be on al kinds of blogs and forums, but seems to have dropped off the face of the internet back in 2010. His name is Jesse Padgett and has built some nice rods, anyone heard of him?
X2, wouldn't mind having a visual of how this is done, by the sounds of it it's a little out of my league skill wise
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