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During the chassis
build, locating front axle centerline was difficult. ‘34 front
fenders have two “peaks”. The fender bead has a high point about
an inch behind the top of the fender peak. So whichever one you use
to place the front wheels in line with, the other peak makes it look
like the axle centerline is off. So I choose to go with the peak on
top of the fender (it’s the farthest forward) when I built the chassis
and now I’m going to move the fender bead to match. Here I’ve
marked the first section I’m going to remove and reshape
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The section has been removed,
reshaped and added back to the fender. The cardboard
shows the original shape..
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Most of the welding is done.
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Welded in
and filed/sanded. Now on to the back half to make the bead
flow better
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Here’s where
we’re going to cut the back section
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Welded back in – just needs to be
finished.
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Here’s a close
up of the finish work.
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We’re done. The
opening still has the familiar shape of the ‘34, just now the axle
centerline”s” are the same. Now on to the right side..
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