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roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
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04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Jensen Healey front/rear fenders
Posted by: roverman
Date: March 04, 2012 02:22PM

How DO you get them off, without cutting/ruining ? Rears have that similar metal "bead" at the seam, as MGB's. Anybody ? Thanks, roverman.


triumphtr2
tim body
St thomas ont Canada
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Registered:
08/18/2010 10:21PM

Main British Car:
1954 TR2 serial # TS 110 L triumph 2 litre

Re: Jensen Healey front/rear fenders
Posted by: triumphtr2
Date: March 05, 2012 07:53PM

Hey Art, how are the fenders held on? Are you saying they are welded on and not bolted?Tim


Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
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10/23/2007 09:23AM

Main British Car:
'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Re: Jensen Healey front/rear fenders
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: March 05, 2012 09:17PM

Art, I'm afraid that they are spot welded to the body structure along those seams and in the case of the MGB or Midget there isn't enough room to drill them out so you have to cut them off. It will take body work. You can either cut it off below the seam and just butt weld the panel back on or use an air chisle to split the seam and then metal work the flanges flat again before welding. Not easy either way. If there's any trace of rust along the moulding then I'd go for the air chisel so that you could clean up the rust before you repaint the car.
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roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: Jensen Healey front/rear fenders
Posted by: roverman
Date: March 10, 2012 03:43PM

Sounds like friction cut-off/plasma cutter., no easy way-out here. I suspect a good idea to "cage" car before removing fenders,(flexi-flyer). Onward, roverman.


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