Inner fender, kick panel, door post post

[Lunar-tic]

Nice work, William! I just called Jeff's Bronco Graveyard to ask about the pre-cut fenders and the kid on the phone didn't know anything about them. Do you have part number? Price? Thanks, and keep up the good work! Howard in Beautiful West Michigan

I can't find them on their website either, let me dig through my receipts when I get home. I know they came from JBG, I remember scraping a sticker off of them.

 

[jonmelton]

Amazing work!

 

[Lunar-tic]

Partial day's work. My Coor's bottle cap said "A good day's work might take several days," they must have been talking about us. LOL

 

[aklb43]

When ya gonna give us an update on the progress?

 

[Lunar-tic]

I primed and painted the underside of my fenders today. Used Rustoleum self ectching primer and their bedliner spray after sanding them. Looks pretty good, I'll post pictures tomorrow.

 

[Lunar-tic]

As promised, here are some pics of what I've been up to this week. Got the underside of the fenders scuffed, primed and painted. Used Rustoleum bed liner spray and it turned out good. I also spent several hours completely stripping the entire windshield frame, I only had a couple hard to reach corners to finish up. I have a couple of welds that I missed to finish up and then I'll be putting it back together and hunting around for a paint shop. I think I'm going to go back to the original factory Lunar Green, maybe satin finish, but I'm not 100% on that just yet. You can see some of it on the wind shield frame.

 

[Lunar-tic]

Got the fenders, doors, and grill back on. Just need to do some fitting work on the drivers side where the grill meets the fender. It was wrecked at some point on that side and the grill's outer edge doesn't quite follow the contour of the fender. Looks just off enough to look bad.

 

[ngsd]

How did this ever turn out?

 

[rydog1130]

How did this ever turn out?

He had two separate threads on where he had Macco paint it and this one...

https://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=294630

 

[Lunar-tic]

I think it turned out fair to middlin'

 

[pipeline010]

inspired work!

..maybe I won't just toss my whole body in the bin after all...

 

[Lunar-tic]

Try to save as much original metal as possible, the re-pop stuff will never line up as well and of course it is made in China. If possible, spend the money and have it dustless blasted first, it will save you a ton of time.

 

[pipeline010]

Try to save as much original metal as possible, the re-pop stuff will never line up as well and of course it is made in China. If possible, spend the money and have it dustless blasted first, it will save you a ton of time.

If I go that way it'll be whole hog. Full Steel Body from NE Broncos or glass from Bdesign. For the price and time saved there's no comparison. But I'm gonna try my hand at refurbing my roof over the summer and see how that goes.

 

[ngsd]

It is close, but it is a bit different from the original. Check out the large round hole in the lower kick panel, first pic in post #19 compared to the third pic. The design changed in '68 I think and from the looks of it for the better. Most of the difference is the part hidden behind the fender. I would have bought the 66-67 part (first image), but it is made of thinner metal in Taiwan and it comes in two pieces. Overall I am happy with it and how it fits. I am about ~.25 inches off from front to rear, but I think I can fix that easily enough.

Now to figure out what to paint them with. I have a new can of POR15, but the more I read on here the less I want to use it on the new metal. Suggestions?

I am at this point as well and I bought the 68 style single pice door post but they are not correct. What was your thoughts on the two pice 66-67 style posts both positive or negative? Is there any fitment issues? I am leaning towards the more original two pice ones but not sure.

 

[txtruk15]

I think it turned out fair to middlin'

I would disagree with you, I think it actually turned out EXCELLENT. Looks beautiful.

 

[Lunar-tic]

I am at this point as well and I bought the 68 style single pice door post but they are not correct. What was your thoughts on the two pice 66-67 style posts both positive or negative? Is there any fitment issues? I am leaning towards the more original two pice ones but not sure.

Sorry NGSD, I missed your post. I went with the later model, one-piece and they worked fine. No issues, no modifications necessary.

 

[ngsd]

Sorry NGSD, I missed your post. I went with the later model, one-piece and they worked fine. No issues, no modifications necessary.

Mo problem, I did send the one piece ones back as they just didn't fit and went with the correct contour two piece pillars. They are more work but are coming together better as I have more ability to massage them into place. Thanks