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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Rob, Thanks for your updates. I always read this thread as it is very instructive. Question: did you repair that mangled fender, or did you manage to buy new ones? I am wondering to what extent commercially available fenders and other fittings were used when the CMP was designed & built. I was wondering if for example the single arch steel mudguards sold by Commercial Body Fittings (this company comes highly recommended as they have all manner of old style fittings still available) could be made to fit? |
Hanno,
When I first took on the HUP project, I tried to straighten out the sheet metal using all of my limited talent. Since cursing did not help, I took the HUP to a highly recommended "body man" to get the fenders hammered out and a new roof installed. After paying for the body man's new shop, I decided that all future work that I can possibly do, will be done by myself. It just got too expensive using the body man, even though he did a wonderful job of repairing the rear fenders.
The URL you sent is very interesting. I will measure my fenders next week and compare them to the thumbnail table.
I still need to replace or finish hammering out the front fenders as they were also in bad shape:
