casper50

A torch is much cheaper. but I can see where it would be very handy for a shop.

Some progress this "weekend". First coat of filler/primer and what I'm dreading is the 1st of many skim coats of body filler. Didn't take long for me to remember why I hate this stuff. Goes everywhere but where it's suppose to.

nice

thanks Chris but I know that I like the welded look without all the trim to interrupt the lines. But, I like the trim on the car better than the shaved look. I've pretty much resigned myself that I'm not going to weld them on. Until Busycoupe posted that photo I was dead set on welding them on. The look that I like is totally ruined by the trim and I like the trim more. Oh well.

not really. I like the trim that came on it. I never thought about how it would break up the smooth lines of the welded fenders until I saw the above photo.

It does indeed. But I noticed in busycoupe's photo above that with the trim on it tends to take away from the clean curvy lines. Since I've seen his photo I'm back on the fence.

busycoupe I sent you a PM.

do you wish to ride on seats attached to a floor held in by glue? Just a thought.

Thanks everyone. I believe I'll go ahead and weld them on. Means lots more work but IMO much better looking in the long run.

Thanks guys that's the info needed to make a final decision.

did anyone notice the soft dirt that they put down?

Since I bought my coupe 2 years ago I always intended to weld the rear fenders onto the body. I know it inhibits access, I am willing to live with this. To me smoothing improves the overall lines on the rear of the car greatly. It's time to start on the rear of the coupe. I've searched here and the internet for threads about this but info is thin. In the few threads that I found about 2/3rds of the posts say not to do this because of future cracks. The few that I could track down that say it would crack, all had used plastic filler to smooth. From the start I wanted to use lead instead of plastic filler. Will lead mitigate the tendency to crack? I do not feel like doing the paint/body work twice. All opinions welcome but factual experience greatly appreciated.

neat solution. Congrats.

you need to find out where those extra wires go or just hook them back up the way they are.

Stole this off of a facebook forum. credit due to someone else.

The one I grew up with sold guns and lots more things besides auto parts.

they are the same. I put a sedan right rear on my coupe.

free just shipping. I'll weigh them and check with the USPS and get you a price.

james I have an original set that I took out of my 47 dodge if they will do you any good. Shipping only but I do live in Alaska.

always good to get out and about.

Someone was asking about 8 volt batteries the other day. Here's a site that has lots of different solutions to battery problems. I have not ordered anything from them so I don't know about customer service or anything. 12 volt start and 6 volt electrical, 8 volt, jmopar type and others. http://antiqueautobattery.com/accessories.html

http://antiqueautobattery.com/accessories.html

Looking great Chris. One rusty hole at a time. It took a long time until I saw the light at the end of the cancer repair tunnel.

I took the body off of mine the same way. Where there's a will there's a way.