how do you pull a front fender off? (gently), i DID do a search but never really found anything. Options

[BritCarJim]

i've got rust between the scuttle and the PS front fender (which means it is probably in both) so i'm going to have to pull that fender. i can do "trial and error" but it is usually better to ask: how do you get that fender off? in the brit-car world i come from there are always a couple of hidden bolts in a couple of inaccessible places, thus its better to ask. folks?

(bonus pic from this afternoon....primer on the underside of the "new" front lid...the one that came with the car is FUBAR'd.)

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[BritCarJim]

hmm. i think this car was hit in the front at some point so i don't know yet if i have a big problem on that fender or not. i am not naive about this but since it may be a replacement fender i am not assuming anything until i get a grinder with a flapper wheel and a drill with a wire-brush-wheel after it. i have done the spot-weld bit before. i come from the world of brit cars, remember? when i can get the nose of the teener in the garage and dig into that corner, i will see what i have.

i will stick up a pic of my '72 GT with bits off and spot welds drilled off.

i will also still up a pic showing the mystery car....the gray four door that you could see a bit of in the pic i put in the lead post...and which might look a bit like a type 3...is a 1963 MG Magnette IV. yes, it is a four door MG. it has the drive train out of the MGA II (4 cyl BMC B-series 1622, four speed, dual SU carbs--HD4s in the 1.5 inch, i think) though some bits of the clutch and brake hydraulics were unobtainium on these shores. she is a positive ground car. she is one of the projects i am working on now. i have her mechanically good enough to drive around the driveway though i have now pulled the carpet and am assessing the floorboards.

the Scout is a 1963 Scout 80. 4 cylinder 4WD. another project that followed me home. she has the character of a farm tractor and maxes out at 45 mph, but will do that straight up a phone pole in 4WD. it is a work in process like all of my cars...the biggest thing it needs is floorboards, but since they aren't structural, its no big deal. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

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