installing fiberglass rear fenders by yourself
#16
I was wrong..... I'll say it again I was wrong. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...56-f100-2.html
The kid is like 26 now. I quit keeping track once he was old enough to buy the beer!
He used to be my helper when I needed help like hanging fenders or putting on a hood....... Now he has a girl friend....... there went my help
The kid is like 26 now. I quit keeping track once he was old enough to buy the beer!
He used to be my helper when I needed help like hanging fenders or putting on a hood....... Now he has a girl friend....... there went my help
#17
I was wrong..... I'll say it again I was wrong. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...56-f100-2.html
The kid is like 26 now. I quit keeping track once he was old enough to buy the beer!
He used to be my helper when I needed help like hanging fenders or putting on a hood....... Now he has a girl friend....... there went my help
The kid is like 26 now. I quit keeping track once he was old enough to buy the beer!
He used to be my helper when I needed help like hanging fenders or putting on a hood....... Now he has a girl friend....... there went my help
#18
A customer brought me his 55 for a new bed and some paint work. This was the "original" color. I believe that I have the paint code somewhere for the custom match that TriCities Paint (TCP) mixed. Here is the whole truck, pic taken at the F100 Western Nats a couple of years ago.
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we now return you to your regularly scheduled thread...
check my measurements and I was within 1/8" of the numbers posted by jvmcc... hung them and backed away and they looked fine... besides you won't be able to see them at the same time.
I was gonna wait for my bodyman/postman to come help but the post office wants about 15 hours a day of his time lately...
bit the bullet, marked and drilled them... will hang tomorrow and see how close I am... I'm using Mid50 bolts 5/16 SS and gonna get some SS fender washers tomorrow... hey !! first time I've used fender washers on actual fenders !!
seems like someone mentioned using blocks around the glass flange... drilled the top hole 3/8" and the bottom is just a backer board to keep it from splintering out too much... used a 'bullet' bit (with a pilot tip) and did the deed..
check my measurements and I was within 1/8" of the numbers posted by jvmcc... hung them and backed away and they looked fine... besides you won't be able to see them at the same time.
I was gonna wait for my bodyman/postman to come help but the post office wants about 15 hours a day of his time lately...
bit the bullet, marked and drilled them... will hang tomorrow and see how close I am... I'm using Mid50 bolts 5/16 SS and gonna get some SS fender washers tomorrow... hey !! first time I've used fender washers on actual fenders !!
seems like someone mentioned using blocks around the glass flange... drilled the top hole 3/8" and the bottom is just a backer board to keep it from splintering out too much... used a 'bullet' bit (with a pilot tip) and did the deed..
#20
I would offer one more tip...when you bolt up the fender, use some epoxy or JB Weld on the backs of the fender washers to hold them firm to the FG fender. Scuff the washer a bit to give it some tooth for the epoxy to bond to. It doesn't take too much vibration to fray FG, the stabilized washers will help to keep that from happening.
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I would offer one more tip...when you bolt up the fender, use some epoxy or JB Weld on the backs of the fender washers to hold them firm to the FG fender. Scuff the washer a bit to give it some tooth for the epoxy to bond to. It doesn't take too much vibration to fray FG, the stabilized washers will help to keep that from happening.
I could go ahead and mount all the washers and clamp them in place before hand too
!!
j
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spent the afternoon drilling the remaining holes and mounting up the fenders temporarily ... to be removed for paint.... it's looking like the back end of a truck more now instead of a pulpwood hauler
and this thing is getting to be a bear to push around... guess it's up over 1500#s by now...and it's just slightly up hill.... my old bones and muscles are straining
later
john
and this thing is getting to be a bear to push around... guess it's up over 1500#s by now...and it's just slightly up hill.... my old bones and muscles are straining
later
john
#25
A customer brought me his 55 for a new bed and some paint work. This was the "original" color. I believe that I have the paint code somewhere for the custom match that TriCities Paint (TCP) mixed. Here is the whole truck, pic taken at the F100 Western Nats a couple of years ago.
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