Okay, I thought I would post up a little project. For background, my '68 911 is a very original car, except for the uh...fiberglass front fenders. From the condition of the metal all around them, it has escaped me as to why they are fitted. I would think that if the car was once rusty enough to need them, there would be evidence around the area where they were fitted. Same for crash damage, I have not seen evidence of anything serious in the front end other than slightly bent brackets for the front valence. It doesn't seem that would cause enough damage to wipe out both fenders. So, all this being said, I have been on the fence about taking it apart to really see what was under there. A little while back I found and purchased a set of used early "need a little work" fenders, mostly to know I had them if I ever really needed them. I have spent the past 8 months getting the car in really nice driving shape, and I've put several hundred miles on it in the past month or so at least in some car club rallies and that kind of thing. So, of course it's time to take it apart again. (Some kind of sickness?)
So, tonight, my confidence fueled by a couple of fine lagers, I decided to just see what was going on in there. It was really very simple, the bolts holding the fender came right out, same for the various trim screws for the rocker deco. Thankfully, the rockers are solid as I had hoped, as for the inner lip where the fender mounts.
So, here we go.
Pic 1 is the fender I removed, the drivers side. The fender is still in good shape, and has the right metal box to hold the turn signal and horn grille, which is strange.
Pic 2 is the car after removing fender. nice and clean, no rust! Huge sigh of relief here.
Pics 3 and 4 are close ups of the inner fender flanges (?) that I thought were in really good shape.
Pic 5 is my original antenna, that has been hiding in the space behind the door for about 25 years. Why? Nice to finally be able to get it back up where it belongs, I guess nobody wanted to drill a hole in the fender, or they forgot and didn't want to go back.
I have hit my max on pictures already, so I will continue on...
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