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Make your own fiberglass fenders?

Postby angib » Wed May 23, 2007 5:14 pm

I came across this site (looking for something else) and it seems a decent description by a novice - including all the mistakes he made.

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Those aren't trailer fenders, they're 'wings' for a Morgan lookalike car, but the construction method is the same. Sadly it's written in British, not American, English but translation isn't too difficult.

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Postby PaulC » Wed May 23, 2007 5:44 pm

Good article Andrew. I understood it perfectly 8) But, then again, I do speak the Queen's English ;)

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Postby Podunkfla » Wed May 23, 2007 11:47 pm

Yep Andrew... Darn good article... :thumbsup: And, I understood it just fine too. I guess I spent enough time down under to pick up the idiom pretty well. :lol:

It's the dang measurement that get me all befuddled... Like most Mercans... I'm still kinda slow with this metric stuff. :oops:
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Postby mikefowler » Thu May 24, 2007 12:09 am

What a PAIN! :?
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Postby madjack » Thu May 24, 2007 3:12 am

...good quote from early in the article........
If you could have bought it all ready made and you spent time and money doing your own, in my view you are a nutter!

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Postby Podunkfla » Thu May 24, 2007 3:42 am

madjack wrote:...good quote from early in the article........
If you could have bought it all ready made and you spent time and money doing your own, in my view you are a nutter!

...none of them around here...are there............. 8)

I wuz going to... till I found out glassice would sell me some for 2 bills shipped. I prolly couldn't build 'em for that... To say nothing of it taking a week or more to do it. I still want to have a go at it sometime tho. :thumbsup:

Some early Ford style come to mind... :lol:
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Postby toypusher » Thu May 24, 2007 4:30 am

AW! Now everbody will want to make their own and nobody will buy mine!!! :D
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Postby PaulC » Thu May 24, 2007 5:13 am

toypusher wrote:AW! Now everbody will want to make their own and nobody will by mine!!! :D


Kerry, I keep tellin' ya, Make 'em for bigger wheels and I'll buy some off ya :R
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Postby bledsoe3 » Thu May 24, 2007 6:04 am

PaulC wrote:
toypusher wrote:AW! Now everbody will want to make their own and nobody will by mine!!! :D


Kerry, I keep tellin' ya, Make 'em for bigger wheels and I'll buy some off ya :R
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He does offer free shipping. I wonder if Heikki knows about that? :thinking:
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Postby angib » Thu May 24, 2007 7:22 am

toypusher wrote:AW! Now everbody will want to make their own and nobody will by mine!!!

I did think of that before posting. But in truth I think the article will show people that buying from you is much, much less work than making their own!

Podunkfla wrote:To say nothing of it taking a week or more to do it. I still want to have a go at it sometime tho.

A week? Is that like a week of 60 days? At least a month or two of spare time is a better estimate.

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Postby Classic Finn » Thu May 24, 2007 8:34 am

PaulC wrote:
toypusher wrote:AW! Now everbody will want to make their own and nobody will by mine!!! :D


Kerry, I keep tellin' ya, Make 'em for bigger wheels and I'll buy some off ya :R
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Double Ditto Kerry.. Me tooooooooo. Im with Paul.

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Postby Classic Finn » Thu May 24, 2007 9:08 am

bledsoe3 wrote:
PaulC wrote:
toypusher wrote:AW! Now everbody will want to make their own and nobody will by mine!!! :D


Kerry, I keep tellin' ya, Make 'em for bigger wheels and I'll buy some off ya :R
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He does offer free shipping. I wonder if Heikki knows about that? :thinking:


Nope I didnt know ... I do now.. Would they fit on a tear?
:thinking: :thinking: This side of the Big Puddle..too :lol: :lol: Must be blind or somthing but cant find the size of them ... width....

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Postby Classic Finn » Thu May 24, 2007 9:13 am

toypusher wrote:AW! Now everbody will want to make their own and nobody will by mine!!! :D


Kerry you offer free shipping to Da Nort as well? Nope I will not start playing with fiberglass fenders myself...not me.

I need somthing that will work well with oldie rims..

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Postby toypusher » Thu May 24, 2007 4:12 pm

Classic Finn wrote:
toypusher wrote:AW! Now everbody will want to make their own and nobody will by mine!!! :D


Kerry you offer free shipping to Da Nort as well? Nope I will not start playing with fiberglass fenders myself...not me.

I need somthing that will work well with oldie rims..

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Sorry, still just making the little ones!!
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Postby Classic Finn » Thu May 24, 2007 5:07 pm

toypusher wrote:
Classic Finn wrote:
toypusher wrote:AW! Now everbody will want to make their own and nobody will by mine!!! :D


Kerry you offer free shipping to Da Nort as well? Nope I will not start playing with fiberglass fenders myself...not me.

I need somthing that will work well with oldie rims..

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Sorry, still just making the little ones!!


Well :cry: shucks.. still aint gonna make my own.. :lol: :lol: So how many orders for the Biggies before ya even consider?
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