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Fri Sep 27, 2013 2:02 am

Hi all,

I know that Gerson does reproduction front arches but does anyone know if someone does any repoduction rears?

I know you can buy the 'light recess' panel and graft them into later acrhes.

Any help would be grateful.

Thanks

Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:35 am

I will make inner flanges with ribs, the first test within next weeks.

Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:17 am

virtanen wrote: I will make inner flanges with ribs, the first test within next weeks.

Are you planning making the entire rear wings/fenders/guards in the end Mika?

Cheers,

Dave

Sat Sep 28, 2013 7:26 am

we are cutting metal on the rear arches dies now....we will have a set ready to show by next April...

Fri Oct 18, 2013 2:19 am

Some progress here :)

Fri Oct 18, 2013 3:29 am

Bravo Mika. Great item. Now the rest of the wing ;-)
Keep up the good work.
Peter

Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:10 am

Wow,the whole thing in one shot, that's fantastic!

Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:14 am

Nice work Mika! Put me on the list for a pair!

Wed Jan 01, 2014 5:55 pm

any updates? :)

Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:47 am

First test welding made. I bolted the flange first to body side, then tack weld to fender. Remove from car and gas weld the seams. Some more finishing work still need to do.

Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:54 pm

Mika,
You should use that same pattern and make the lip on the quarter panels that have the welded nuts on the back to repair where the fenders bolt up against the quarter panels front and rear? The felt made split beetles rust there from moisture trapped in there. Just flat steel in the arch, with holes with the welded 8mm nuts? I need some of them?? Tim

Sun Jan 12, 2014 11:09 am

Mika,

Nice work, really looking forward to seeing the finished product!

Rob

Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:37 am

Thanks, for sale very soon.

Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:54 am

virtanen wrote: Thanks, for sale very soon.
Don´t forget the split fronttips :!: :!:

Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:25 am

Are you paning on reproducing the front arches as well?

Thanks

Sun Feb 02, 2014 12:15 pm

When you have a rear pair of these for sale I would appreciate a heads up and thanks they look great
Dave

Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:30 pm

Received the rear fender flanges and they look great. Hope to have a chance and repair my rear fenders this weekend. It's been a long road fixing the 51 but I am hoping to shoot some paint on this thing by the summer. Thanks again

Sun Feb 23, 2014 4:40 pm

don't know if this is the approved method but should come out ok, finish welding and smooth out the welds. it took some fanagling and time but i'll be saving my rear fenders. the last pic also has my 63 bus i got from the original owner