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Originally Posted by FlatheadTed
As I said You are doing a great job ,What's the stamping bead on the inner fender/guard .it looks like its done in a press ,is it new or something you have fabricated .Ted
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Hi Ted, Thanks for the comment and do appreciate it.
The rear rear wheel inner fenders (LHS & RHS) are all brand new..as in Post # 163
The stampings and bead lines as well as the floor contour swagging all done by Wayne and I.
The dies, were all hand made and with a friend who ownes a sheetmetal shop we pressed in the beads on his 80 ton press.
These come out really nice, a exact copy and sharpness on the edges as the original 39/40 beads.
Then we made smaller web pressings for the centre of the inner guard are, and then hand formed these to suit either side.
Also we used the bead roller to crease the line profile for the rear lower section where the fender meets the tail pan area.
A rewarding process, especially after it was all done..
We had to go this way as there is no supplier of any repair panels, for these areas...