Rear Fender, Remove and replace Options

[Gint]

We're all crazy... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

I didn't want the stiffening kit that was installed. And you can't really just remove those. I even had a faxed copy of the title. I was real close to buying it. I ended up buying the Sepia Brown car from MalmZ that's on my Porsche web pages. Then after all of the work I put into that car, I sold it and bought my /6

[watsonrx13]

Well, here's a shot of the first layer of primer. I've repaired the 2 large areas of rust and filled in the air-tube hole. I still have to finish welding in the bottom piece of the inner targa panel. It has taken me a month to get to this point. I'll continue this thread until I install the new fender, stay tuned.

[watsonrx13]

Here's a shot of the rear fender trial fitted. I have to replace the longitudinals and some more welding before I can finally attached the fender.

Here's the post of what I had to do underneath the fender. Post.

[watsonrx13]

Well, after I test fitted the rear fender and trunk, I removed both and began stripping the driver's rear fender. Here's what I found. The PO had done some repair, evidently cut out some rust, caused by the holes for the chrome strip at the bottom of the vinyl sail panel. There was about 3/8" of bondo covering this repair.

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Here's a shot the piece I tach welded in. I tach welded in 2 separate pieces, which allowed me to keep the upper and lower pieces aligned.

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Here's a shot of the drilled out spot-welds around the rear taillights.

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Here's a shot of the piece I tach welded in.

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Here's a shot of the piece underneath the taillights. This is where several spot-welds were drilled out.

[watsonrx13]

Here's a shot of the piece I tach welded in, I have also covered it with AllMetal, a metalic body filler. You'll also see I used the AllMetal on the upper piece also. I still have some more minor repairs, along with filling in the air-tube.

Stay tuned.

[seanery]

looking good rob!

[ThinAir]

Thanks so much for keeping us updated with such great info and wonderful pictures. For those of us who hope to someday be doing similar things to our teener, this is an invaluable resource! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

[East coaster]

I never heard of the "all metal" filler, but will it hold up to the welding your going to do right next to it when you weld the fender on?

[watsonrx13]

Good point EC, I haven't used the filler before I weld a panel on. I was only attempting to fill in the gaps before I weld, but based on your issue, I'll take the filler off, then weld the panel on and finally use the filler afterwards.

Thanks for the observation.