Re: Fender skirts

Posted by ewrecks On 2017/7/20 23:12:56

WHen I did my Caribbean, I bought the complete rubber gasket set from Kanter which included the rubber lacing for the fender skirts. I am pretty sure that all of the pieces from Steele Rubber Products and they will send you a listing of all of the rubber parts that they offer for your car....at no charge...if you give them a phone call.
I was able to salvage the original staples from several sets of skits that came with my car and picked out the best of them, cleaned and painted them and installed them with the 3m adhesive used to install the other rubber gaskets. I dry fitted them first for size then worked from the front edge applying adhesive until I found the holes where the original staples were located, punched small holes through the rubber and pushed the staples through the holes and tapped the staples tight on the back side.
It involved more work than just gluing or using pop rivets but was closer to original.
The long and short of it is that once they are installed....no one is going to see how you attached them.
I have used lots of parts from Restoration Specialties since they are good people to work with and are located a few miles from my home. I have no idea how their prices compare with Kanter( who also offer a catalog restricted to the 55-56 Packard) or Steele Rubber.
Since you are just getting started, I would suggest that you get catalogs from all three as well as Max Merritt.....and dig out phone numbers for Mike Dulinski and Tucson Packard.
All of the parts are expensive, but those folks helped me a lot.
Good luck. Just take your time and have fun.
RJR