Looking for ‘29 Coupe Rear Wheel Well Patch Panels That Fit

[Conaway2]

I’m looking for a pair of these - Patch panels that have the correct dimples on the leading edge of the panel, the dimple on the rear where the rear subrail attaches - in addition to the three embossed ribs. All I can find online now are flat panels with only the three ribs.

Is there a current course of these patch panels made with all the correct dimples ??

Many thanks - Jim

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Originally Posted by Conaway2

I’m looking for a pair of these - Patch panels that have the correct dimples on the leading edge of the panel, the dimple on the rear where the rear subrail attaches - in addition to the three embossed ribs. All I can find online now are flat panels with only the three ribs.

Is there a current course of these patch panels made with all the correct dimples ??

Many thanks - Jim

Jim, what you are asking for is not made commercially. They must be custom fabricated.

[Oldbluoval]

Conway…
Do you/can you mig and/or tig weld. Do you have access to a small sheet metal brake?
Brent is correct no one now makes the correct contour panel.

[Conaway2]

Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C

Jim, what you are asking for is not made commercially. They must be custom fabricated.

Thanks Brent. I understand the panels with correct contours haven’t been made for about 4 years. So I will be trying to add the contours to the flat panels I recently bought.

Jim

[Conaway2]

Originally Posted by Oldbluoval

Conway…
Do you/can you mig and/or tig weld. Do you have access to a small sheet metal brake?
Brent is correct no one now makes the correct contour panel.

I can weld and do have a small sheet metal brake, with access to a larger one. looks like I’ll be trying to fabricate the panel myself. Good chance to learn something new !

Jim

[Oldbluoval]

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I posted on your post last time.
If you will email me at [email protected] I can shed some great light on such a project. I do that regularly and just finished a rough out of it in a 68c

[rotorwrench]

I've fabricated several size dimpling tools over the years. It takes time but sometimes a person has no choice. I have a thick steel table top and a piece of new rail road rail that I use with various different shaped forms to pound those shapes into the steel where needed. If I find old worn out chisels, I convert them into swaging tools to form shapes in steel. Wood forms can be made to make shapes for a limited number of blows before they are damaged. If a person uses steel forms they will last longer but I don't form a lot of sheet metal. A person can make dies to work in an old arbor press to form some beads. A bead roller is nice to have but a person can form stuff in other ways. It just takes longer. I can't afford a Pull Max so I use what I have. Angle irons and a vice can be used for braking an edge over on a panel. It's nice to have a brake but it can be done without one.

There are a lot of metal shaping videos on U-tube. Some are pretty good and some aren't but a lot of it is good information if you want to shape metal on your own. I learned a lot from Metal Meet and some of David Gardiner's work.

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Originally Posted by Conaway2

Thanks Brent. I understand the panels with correct contours haven’t been made for about 4 years. So I will be trying to add the contours to the flat panels I recently bought.

Jim

Jim, so that we are clear, "correct contour" panels have never been made in the aftermarket. You must own the correct dies for either a powerhammer forming machine or a bead roller, ...and you need to own a Shrinker and Stretcher.