I've seen several Healeys where the rear fender had been welded to the
shut pillar by an ignorant body shop. On these same cars they always
have lousy body work, with most of that crappy work done sometime in
the 1970s! Welcome to the club.
On 11/20/08, Tadeusz Malkiewicz <tadeusz.malkiewicz@plusnet.pl> wrote:
> Alan, Greg, Rich,
>
> Many thanks for your help & comments. I may be wrong, but I think the reason
> for all the filler is the fact, that the rear fenders were replaced by the
> PO by original fenders he bought in the 70ies from Sport & Classics for
> horrendous amount of money. They were probably original, sold as spares, so
> not really usable on any car assembled in the factory... :-)
>
> The other problem there is, is that the body guy who did this job in the 70s
> has actually welded the rear fender to the door shut pillar instead of using
> the screws...
>
> There is no sagging on the doors, and there seems to be no filler on the top
> of the door. I have no idea at this point why do the doors go up at the end,
> but hope my body guy will know... :-) He is the oldest one in town, and in
> the very early days of his career he was able to make a fender for a VW
> Beetle from a straight sheet of metal.. So, although it's dim, I see a light
> in the tunnel: with help & knowledge from the list I am confident I will get
> the job right..
>
>
> Many thanks for all help!..
>
> Tadek
>
>
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Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
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