[bruceincam]

As I understand this, you have no welting between the fender sheet metal and the body sheet metal. Be very careful if the body and fender have been painted. You most likely have paint stuck to paint. If you just pull the fender off without regard for this potential issue, you stand a good chance of pulling paint off the fender, body or both. This may ruin your paint job. Remove the fender slowly and carefully and watch that fender/body seam for any paint that wants to lift ---- use a razor blade to separate the fender/body as necessary in order to preserve your paint job as best you can.