Thanks for sharing your expertise. This is the ONLY video I have seen demonstrating the layout, cutting, and welding in the fender well. Well done, a pleasure watching you work your magic.
Very interesting. There is a lot more that goes into repairing these fenders than most people realize! I just repaired some 29 fenders and it is very time consuming. Thanks for the video. You should do more Model A vids!
I often look at my front fenders and think I'll have a crack at making them more perfect one day. Now I know what it takes, they look great the way they are.
One more thing (if you didn't already know), that right rear sedan fender you were using for parts has a dimple in the inner apron. That feature was only found on 1931 Sedans to clear a bolt that held the rear valence panels on Victorias and Slant-Window sedans. My late 1931 Tudor has them too, as did all other sedans in 1931.
It's interesting watching his work and detail. In the 60's I hated body filler. I worked across from a well known body shop who got late deliveries at the gas station where I worked. For curiosity, I carried the gallon buckets of filler over. They were working on a new damaged Cadillac, using a Bondo type filler. After that, I stopped using lead and used Bondo filler on small defects too. I still have cars with a Bondo type filler I used years ago.
Enjoyed watching. Nice to get some pro tips on the metal work needed to restore old Model A fenders. I had my body guy install a well in my fender many years ago. He was alarmed when I asked him to cut up a nice fender to insert the well, but the template that came with the well (From Rick's Model A in Shawnee Kansas) was right on and the installation looked factory when he was finished
Rick's Model A in Shawnee Kansas. ??????????????? Many years ago, when Rick's was new, I had bad experiences with a wiring harness from them. I even returned it and never received a refund or comment. Can't believe they are still in businesss! Maybe they got better.
@@modeladenny1218 I remember Rick's from the 1970s, bought a few things from them. Quality wasn't real high and I switched to Bratton's when I met him in 1978 at a MAFCA meet. He was just opening his parts business after years of restoring stainless steel Model A parts (he did all of mine for $125!) Great guy and committed to quality parts.
@@mafcawebmaster4237 We were retired to Florida for 22 years. Vendors sold most things at bargain prices at large swap meets. It was great to see things first. There was a company, Brownlee's, same as my grandad. They seemed to give me a discount just for that. I'm so old I used to go to Quincy,Ill and buy directly from Ernie Hemmings out of a small garage next to his house. This was when he printed a few pages of parts and gave the little pages out at car events. Now I mostly by from Macs.
@@modeladenny1218 I used to buy some from Macs, but not since they were "taken over" by Eckler's. I can rely on Bratton's and Bert's in Colorado for quality parts. They try to get USA made stuff and tell you if the parts are foreign made. I hold quality over price any day.
Snyders supply the correct bead liner for right & left fenders, made in Denmark, & they make repairing original fenders a dream. It runs the full length from front to back & looks original. Sometimes welding & trimming & cutting & banging just doesn't cut it.
My grandfather that passed away taught me how to do lead body work and stuff he taught me a whole bunch of tricks how to make Dubai like do instead of feeling it with bond to fill it with lead with steel mixture in it and get rid of the car and make more money out of it but that's what my great my grandfather taught me how to do the same stuff that you're talking about doing right now
I have a 1930 ford sedan 2 doors model A, is coming with one spare tire in the driver side, but I didn't see another one like that is that part of this car? Also do you know any used parts web site? Thank you
And your opinion on why these fenders get so damaged is another reason why The Ford A Model, in any configuration, IS NOT the best American car ever made, as someone on another RU-vid site suggests. Easy to fix, easy to restore & easy to damage because of how the car drives. Built for a purpose in the 30's & that's about it!
