been searching like crazy to find a tech on fabbing fade away fenders...searched and searched and havent found **** on the net...can anyone point me in right direction on a article or something, was considering them on my chopped 41 ford coupe that im inthe middle of building , rather research a bit before wasting good steel you know....hope someone out there could help.....
What, no one here asking what a fade away fender is ? ? Well i have,nt got a clue ? How about this sectioned 1954 FJ Holden in the B &W pic. ? ( scallops ) Is this what your looking for ? Or the orange 1954 Austin custom coupe where the fenders flow into the doors. If your using the wrong term you,ll never find an answer.
An older Hamb post with useful info here. Click on the link in the first message for many more photos. Jimmy Summers Article by Barris Click on the photos to get larger scan
Great post i would like to see some more on fade away fenders Thanks Rik for the articles. The fad away fenders look good but man i can see tons of time in metal finishing those seams that are a little hard to get at.
When Jim (Kustom7777) worked on his 1941 Caddy he had a guy do the finishing work on his custom fade away fenders. There must be a post on here about this... perhaps with some words how it was done. I could not find the post right away.. and don't have time to search deeper right now. But if you click the photo below you will get to my site where I saved all the photos from Jim's original Hamb post. The photos will tell a lot. (The car is now in Denmark and will become a wonderful full tail-dragging custom...) Photoshopped image
thanxs alot...i have see your first post KUSTOM HINTS ...a friend of mine hadtha magazine but lost the dam thing !!! was trying to fing buick sheetmetal to save alot of headache but went no were fast lol...got to finish the chop working on back window area now , when i got the ****ing time im always stuck builing for others and never myself....thanx again and any other info you may have please dont hesitate...
Many years ago I was privileged to be riding around the Bonneville pits in Big Olds with HRLC & BenD. We stopped at the Gene Winfield pit for a spell (another 3 page story). As we were about to drive off Kent Fuller walked up, looked at Big Olds, and said “fadeaways; gotta have fadeaways” (or something very similar to that). Gene looked up from thrashing on his (not very) tall T coupe and agreed, then went back to work. A visual memory that will be seared into my brain for as long as I’m breathing, even if I don’t remember the exact quote.
I agree, must have fadeaway. Have just startet planning fadeaway om my car. The biggst problem iss the door opning and hinges.
Thanx. Its got potential, but i think the doors need rounded corners and the front end needs a change too. Kool car still, woul make a super mini sled.
funny. I'm just getting ready to throw a few hundred old rod books into the burn pile and was leafing thru a few Rodders Digest NO. 61 oct. 1994 has a article of "JUST STEVE" putting bucket seats in Big Olds I don't have a working scanner I'll try my cell phone. the artice on fade aways they used a mid 40's chevrolet hood for the fade aways
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