Fenders

i bought fiberglass

and test fitted them and they fit like they are off a camaro or something.... but everything's fixable i guess

matt

I had one that was made around 10 years ago. Hated it from the first day. The hood/fender curve was wrong, the door/fender curve was off. Metal felt weak. This was one of the cheap *** fenders. Much happier with a real one on there.

i agree with the decision to go with the ford tooling. i bought a repo and it fit like sh** so i ended up buyin an original and it fit right into place. almost like it was meant to be there.

I think you can buy headlight buckets for fairly decent prices if you keep an eye out. The buckets are "pot" metal and dont have rust problems like the rest of our cars. Just something to think about.

Original Tooling, or Original Fenders are the way to go. Repops are hit or miss. I have a post with pictures and everything somewhere on here showing just how bad a repop fender was for my 68. I have one OEM headlight bucket and one repop bucket on my car. They both fit well. However the repop bucket is missing a hole in one of the mounting tabs.

Repop buckets are around $125 and up. There is a guy local here in OH that has OEM buckets he will sell for $65.00 If you are interested PM me and I will get you his contact info.

Just a minor hijacking . . .

How good are repro hoods?

-Chelle

I bought repro fenders and the fit sucked... I got original tooling and they were perfect. Pay now, or pay later, fit wise. body work aside, fit is much easier in the first place. Up to you.