Technical 49 to 51 rear fenders

Just wondering if anyone has used 1951 rear fenders to replace 1950 fenders. Any major implications?

 

We do it quite often - same fender fits late '47-'55 first series ...

 

1951 Studebaker fenders on a 1950 Chevy? What are we working on here?

 

Only major implication I can see is that nobody knows what the hell you're talking about..

 

I guarantee it will work.

This is a '49 Fender:


and this is a '51 Fender:

 

From your intro thread, looks like you're talking about a '49-'51 Merc. I don't think you'll have any problems.

 

Yup. 59 - 51 merc. I enjoyed some of the replies, especially the fender amp

 

Do you know what "***ume" spells ...a perfect example.

 

You can make them work, but they are a little different. 49/50 are the same, 51 attaches on the front edge differently, and has the extension on the back that's not like 49/50.. sorry for the smart*** remark, you could have been talking about anything

 

Yeah, stupid me was so engrossed with the subject matter I forgot to say which car
I know 51s are different but I prefer that look
Thought maybe you could just cut off the 50s and replace with 51s

 

OK you're talking about the upper quarter panels, not the lowers. I've read of people using 51 uppers on 49/50, but don't know if they replaced the whole piece behind the door, or pieced it together. I've seen NOS uppers for sale, it looks like a big job to replace the whole thing. 2 door upper includes the quarter window.

 

I've got cutoffs from a '51 parts car that might make things easier, and an extra '51 rear bumper I could sell. The ends of the lower quarter panels are different as well although you could graft those onto your '50 lowers to make it work.

It's been done, and was even a popular swap back in the day, check out Winfield's '50 with '51 quarters, prior to the chop job. I guess he bought new panels from the Mercury dealer to do this.