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BDeB

Re: Wanted:1951 rear fenders

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53 Cavalier wrote:
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BigKev wrote:
Rear fenders would be 51-52 only due to the rear quarter body line that was omitted in 53-54.

Which body line do you mean? I think these fenders are off a 52, and I was going to pick them up to use the bottom 1/3 for repairs on my 53 Cavalier. Yea or Nay?

Those fenders are for a 1953 Clipper and do not have the body line

Posted on: 2024/6/29 11:50

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53 Cavalier

Re: Wanted:1951 rear fenders

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BDeB wrote:
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53 Cavalier wrote:
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BigKev wrote:
Rear fenders would be 51-52 only due to the rear quarter body line that was omitted in 53-54.

Which body line do you mean? I think these fenders are off a 52, and I was going to pick them up to use the bottom 1/3 for repairs on my 53 Cavalier. Yea or Nay?

Those fenders are for a 1953 Clipper and do not have the body line

Thanks BDeB, Pete thought they were off a 52. Other than the tail lights, which I don't need, are they the same as my Cavalier's fenders?

Posted on: 2024/6/29 12:10

Packard Don

Re: Wanted:1951 rear fenders

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Not the same. Your Cavalier’s fenders are stamped for the side by side taillights while the junior models had vertical taillights.

Posted on: 2024/6/29 12:38

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53 Cavalier

Re: Wanted:1951 rear fenders

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Packard Don wrote:
Not the same. Your Cavalier’s fenders are stamped for the side by side taillights while the junior models had vertical taillights.

Yes, different taillights, but I only need to replace the bottom 1/3 of the fenders, below the filler door. I was told it would be the same, but maybe it isn't?

Posted on: 2024/6/29 12:51

Soybeanfarmer1

Re: Wanted:1951 rear fenders

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I would assume that for the bottom 1/3 they would be the same for patching. Here is a photo of the body line that I'm referring too.

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Posted on: 2024/6/29 14:07

53 Cavalier

Re: Wanted:1951 rear fenders

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Oh yeah, I have stainless steel trim where that body line is. TY

Posted on: 2024/6/29 14:47

Packard Don

Re: Wanted:1951 rear fenders

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The body line may have originally been stamped into the fender but later it was offered as a separate piece. I recall seeing a Service Counselor entry about doing that for cars that didn’t have it.

As for the junior lower side fitting a senior, it probably would but it would be an easier job if you removed the whole outer fender at its seams and replaced it that way which would require a senior fender but any 1951-1954 sedan senior would work if you don’t mind filling and moving trim holes. For the original poster’s 1951, any 1951-1953 junior/Clipper would work as long as it doesn’t have the body line stamped into it.

Posted on: 2024/6/29 15:06

53 Cavalier

Re: Wanted:1951 rear fenders

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My current thinking is that I will splice the patch under the stainless steel trim so the seam doesn't need to be perfect, and leave the rest of the fender untouched. Having said that, I haven't cut anything open yet, and a person always finds more than expected on these types of projects.

At this point I do not have plans to repaint the entire car, just my repairs, which will be along the bottom. I had thought that hiding the seam under the trim was a shabby way to do it, until I had my fins off and saw the factory seam on the top of the fender. LOL

Posted on: 2024/6/29 16:08