Inner fender seals
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Inner fender seals
I need the rubber inner fender seals for my '66. They really help to keep the mud and crap out of the engine compartment.
Mine didn't have them and I can't find a set online.
I could make them but I don't have a template for capture the shapes of the pieces.
If anybody has a set to sell, or if anybody could trace them and I can make templates from that.
Thanks in advance!
Mine didn't have them and I can't find a set online.
I could make them but I don't have a template for capture the shapes of the pieces.
If anybody has a set to sell, or if anybody could trace them and I can make templates from that.
Thanks in advance!
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Ford never offered those as over the counter parts. Their solution was to improvise from inner tubes. You can buy a solution if you don't want to cut your own.
Inner Fender Seal Kit (lmctruck.com)
Guess you'd have to wait for LMC to get them back in stock, but they are sometimes available.
Inner Fender Seal Kit (lmctruck.com)
Guess you'd have to wait for LMC to get them back in stock, but they are sometimes available.
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...not hard to make. Just find some neoprene sheet about 1/16 to 1/8" thickness. Cut your own using photos and the existing staple holes as a template. I think I have some photos of my originals that I'll post. Those should help you make a template....all straight lines, some slots and a hole punch. I just make staples from construction staples or heave stainless wire. You can glue the seals to the fender liner and/or clamp them on, drill a pilot hole and fasten with your hand-made staples. I wouldn't use inner tube. It's too thin and you'll suffer the curve molded into it. Use flat sheet neoprene.
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Don't forget, there's also a sponge seal that goes between the fender and the cowl. Those are reproduced. If I had been smart, I would have made a couple sets when I was cutting my replacement seals. It would have taken very little time then. I guess I'm not that smart.
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Here's the vertical seals for the back edge of the fenders.
Fender Seal for 1961-66 Ford Trucks | Dennis Carpenter Ford Restorations (dennis-carpenter.com)
Fender Seal for 1961-66 Ford Trucks | Dennis Carpenter Ford Restorations (dennis-carpenter.com)
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Little known - file this one under minutiae - Ford actually used inner tubes for those pieces that @resonateur shows attached to his fenders. Here's the evidence from one his pictures, but also visible in some of the others. I've downloaded the one and drawn black arrows pointing to the lines in the rubber. Obviously not a perfectly flat sheet, but what are those lines?
When they say to improvise from inner tubes they aren't talking about bicycle, motorcycle, car or even light truck tires. What they used was heavy truck tire inner tubes. Much thicker rubber and in a size like this Goodyear 9.00 x 20.0 you can definitely cut large sections from it without getting any curve involved. Notice the raised lines in the rubber just like in the pictures posted above.
Ford was just being frugal as was often the case.
When they say to improvise from inner tubes they aren't talking about bicycle, motorcycle, car or even light truck tires. What they used was heavy truck tire inner tubes. Much thicker rubber and in a size like this Goodyear 9.00 x 20.0 you can definitely cut large sections from it without getting any curve involved. Notice the raised lines in the rubber just like in the pictures posted above.
Ford was just being frugal as was often the case.
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Dude....that makes sense now that you show the photos. I only imagined bicycle tubes....I don't know why that was the first thing that popped into my mind. Of course the ones you show would eliminate curvature. I still think, though, that neoprene sheet will be more durable and rigid. Perhaps we don't have to save the pennies that Ford did!!
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TORRAMI Neoprene Rubber Sheet Roll 1/16 (.062) Inch Thick x 12 Inch Wide x 48 Inch Long for DIY Gaskets, Pads, Seals, Crafts, Flooring,Cushioning of Anti-Vibration, Anti-Slip https://a.co/d/a5L26e6
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I got this stuff:
Haven't put in on yet. I am gonna glue it with weatherstrip adhesive then a few well places pop rivets.
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Swamp....what you might not anticipate and be surprised at, is how often you will find use for that neoprene sheet material. Gaskets, insulating, sound deadening, padding....etc. Use a circular punch to make neoprene washers. Sometimes, when something like that is on hand, you wonder how you ever got along without it. I keep two drawers in my shop full of various thicknesses rubber and felt sheet and tubing. Use it all the time.
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