[roger1]

Originally Posted by dataway

About to do the same job on my front fenders, although I think my braces are decent enough to use.
Do you have any bending equipment? I have a couple of brakes and a roller, they come in real handy for making patches.

I think the thicker stuff is easier to patch ... below is a control arm I repaired .. TIG welded a patch in. If you ever need a bit of thicker material and don't want to buy a whole sheet I usually have some 16 or 18 ga. lying around that I could send out in patch size pieces, for free. I usually buy it in 4 x 8 foot sheets.

Nice job on those control arms.
Thanks for the offer. I'll check what I have and what I may have needs for but I think good. Not too much patching left to do at this point.

So are you going to buy the patch panels for your fenders? Here's a photo of the insides of what I bought:



The brackets are the same gauge as the patch panels which I think are 20ga.
I didn't measure the original brackets but I think they may be 16ga as they seem pretty stout. So I won't use them and I'll just graft in new pieces.

And btw, I just did some trial fitting with the repro outer wheelhouses I bought and they are garbage and I wasted my money on them. They don't fit worth a darn.
I'm going to have to fabricate what I need to repair the rusted out areas in my outers. That is going to take me a pretty good amount of time but it's the only way I'm going to get everything to fit the way it should.

No I don't have any metal bending equipment and haven't used any before either. Also, this may be my last project car of this magnitude so not likely I'll make investments on them. Always thought it would be cool to have though.