dynacorn fender apron bolt spacing

[DukeGnarley]

I'm about to pull out my original banged up fender aprons and radiator support out of my '65 convertible. I went to line up the new front driver side apron with the original and the fender bolt holes are in completely different spots. Has anyone come across this before? Did ford change the fender bolt spacing at some point or is the replacement apron just crap?

 

[horseballz]

From my own somewhat limited experience (1 - 68 right front apron) and all of what I've been hearing and seeing, here and on other sites, I would bet that your second guess is the most correct! Although the fact that SOME folks are at least making parts that sort of fit our cars is a heck of a lot better than us all needing to learn to become tin benders, fabricators, plastic molders, etc. Not perfect, but better than the alternative!
Just My $.02 or $.03,
Gene

 

[DukeGnarley]

I guess I'm not sure what to do. I can either butcher the crap out of this new piece so the holes will line up with my old fenders, or I suppose I could replace the front and rear aprons, then get dynacorn fenders.

 

[horse sence]

i have done a lot of dynacorn approns they are usualy prety close .how far off are yours? any pics?

 

[DukeGnarley]

The holes are off by at least a couple of inches. The car is in my dad's shop so i can't get any pics of it right now. There's no way my old fenders would line up with them. It's an early '65, which is why i was wondering if ford ever changed the bolt spacing.

I will get some pics tomorrow.

 

[horse sence]

bolt spacing is always the same ,that is a long ways off. are you shure they are the corect year panels?

 

[DukeGnarley]

everything else about the panel looked correct. I'll get another look at it tomorrow.

 

[horse sence]

usualy at the most they are off about a 1/4 inch

 

[DukeGnarley]

well i went over there and took some pictures.

It looks like the stamping is correct, but the holes are just in the wrong spots. the tag on the new piece says it's for 64-66. I think I just got a bad one.

 

[horse sence]

pics dont lie ,that is completly wrong. thats a dynacorn panel?

 

[DukeGnarley]

I was told that it was when I bought it, but after looking at the part number and searching around the net, I think it's someone else's. The part number on it is M116L. I bought it from a local place a few months ago. It doesn't appear that dynacorn sells the individual fender aprons for the '64-'66 cars, they only seem to have the front and rears welded together. I may go that route, but I hate to spend money on the rears if I don't really need them since mine are fine.

 

[horse sence]

if the rear panels are in good shape i would not take them out your vin # is stamped in them. the fronts have the vin to ,but atleast you will have the rear vin intact.

 

[DukeGnarley]

I wasn't going to pull the rears out, just cut the front part off of the dynacorn ones. It's either that or take my chances on another one of these.

 

[horse sence]

i wish dynacorn had the front and rear panels seperate the quality is a lot better.
it will probably be worth the extra cost of the dynacorn panel anyway.the cheap aftermarket panels just are not worth it .some dont even have the holes at all. the dynacorn panels are a much beter fit and stamping,and even a heavier guage.

 

[DukeGnarley]

does anyone know if the dynacorns are actually two pieces welded together, or if they are just one solid piece? If they are one solid piece then I may end up trying another set of the cheap ones.

 

[horse sence]

they are one piece, no joint in the middle