I've replaced a length on the rear wing of a 73 roadster. It is sandwiched
between flanges on the wing and boot surround and the three spot-welded
together. A short piece of mine was fairly badly corroded, enough for me to
dig down in the gap between the two panels and make a gap thick enough to
insert a small hacksaw blade. This I laboriously pulled up and down long
the line of the beading for several inches in each direction until I
reckoned I had cut out all the rotten stuff. The flanges on the panels
themselves seemed (no pun intended) fine and the sawing action cleaned any
surface rust from them. Inserted a length of new beading (it was available
from the usual suspects when I did it 15 years ago although a bit
specialised) in the gap and MIG-welded it in position from underneath, and
my painter finished off what became an invisible repair. The front beading
is spot-welded to the wings, easy to deal with on the roadster, a bit more
tricky getting the dog-leg bends correct for the GT.
PaulH.
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> Can anyone give me some advice on changing the fender bead on a '78 B?
How do
> you get the old bead out? What keeps the new bead in?
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