I Shortened The Rear Fenders On My '31 Four Inches (Pics)

Ya Baby!

 

Nice thread! Here's my sedan (in process) with 6" taken out of the fenders. I took 2" out of the tail light mounts as well.

 

Can I post an out of the box question without offending anyone? On Model A Coupe and Roadster rear fenders the shape is the same more or less the same back to front. Why not unbolt the fender, roll it forward to get the rear lip were you like it and redrill the mounting holes? On a highboy you'd just cut off the front at the bottom of the body line. The full fendered cars would get the front trimmed and welded back on. Bob

 

That's the way you bob an old harley rear fender.
The more you roll it, the more the rear angle changes from verticals towards horizontal. There's a pretty big flat spot that's being removed

 

Sure look much better without the 4", good job.

 

While looking for pix of bobbed rear fenders I came across this thread. Yes; I know it's ancient.

Vergil's pix only show up as red X's for me. Does anyone have the original pix saved that could repost?

 

Here's an old article on how to do it - but it is kind of a hack. They chop off the end and resculpt the bead with lead.

 

here you go.

 

Hi, i know an old post but looks like the images are no longer hosted on the server, would you be able to repost the bobbed fender images if you still have them. Thanks in advance

 

I was perusing this very post a couple of months ago. I also couldn't see the pix so I sent a PM to Vergil on 3/8/21 asking if he would repost. Then I looked at his profile and saw that he hasn't been on here since 7/24/20. So he's not going to see your response OR my PM 'til he logs in again.

He's in Tehachapi, California, which is about 30 miles outside Bakersfield. Surely there's someone on here who knows him. Maybe that person(s) would be willing to contact him.

I also sure would like to see his pix.

 

^^^^^ X2 Hope to be chopping some out of my A's fenders shortly.

Lynn