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1934 Plymouth PE Truck Fender
Need a simple buck which will reverse ?? for the rear fenders of the Pickup I'm restoring, it came with 37/8 fenders which are completely wrong. Fortunately I'm also working on a 33 coupe that I can get contours data from. The build that this thread refers to can be found here http://www.allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=12747
IMG_0513.jpg IMG_0515.jpg IMG_0516.jpg IMG_0517.jpg IMG_0518.jpg IMG_0519.jpg The sheet represents the bed side to give a datum to work from. IMG_0522.jpg IMG_0521.jpg These stations are made from 5/8" x 0.08" aluminium flat IMG_0528.jpg The plan is to form a set of profile gauges, cut a base and back board bracket them together, cut a curved to the wheel arch profile less the material for the rolled edge. Fix the curved piece to the base board and screw the stations in position, they will probably need to have radial support on the inside but time will tell.
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Little bit more today, the stations are formed, the back board and wheel arch are cut, will soon know if I need to add extra supports to stop flexing of the profiles when in use.
Found that 2 hacksaw blades together cut just under the 0.08" to give a tight fit to the backboard IMG_0533.jpg The wheel arch board is cut 5/8" inboard to allow for the wired edge, plan is to screw a piece of 1 1/4" ally strip to the profile and then hacksaw the location slots to secure the inside edge of the profiles. when finished I will cut the centre out of the board to give access to fit. IMG_0531.jpg Jacks are used to aid initial line up and a flexible straight edge will be used to fine tune the curvature flow. IMG_0530.jpg It is my intention to only use this buck for just one pair of fenders although it would be easy to modify it for other 33/34 Chrysler products. Hope you find this of interest.
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Thanks for sharing Tom. Nice work! Did you use a profile gauge to get the shape of the sweeps? Was that the flexible straightedge?
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Some time back I took one of my cobra rear fender bucks to Geoff Moss while having wheeling tuition, he showed me this simple method which works on most panels. It wont work on the outside of the wheel arch, will try and remember to post a pic when the time comes.
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It looks like it would work good. I will be looking forward to seeing your progress.
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What radius
What radius did you use ,I have to do the same thing,as I have the front half of a 1934pf,looking to make it into a woodie..I have a ser of 1933 front fenders,that I will use.
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