Rear Fender work

Dad's been busy helping Joe at the shop. Their recent project has been to modify the rear fenders so that they align better with the cab and step of the truck. Its gonna look really cool when its finished..

See how the step aligns with the bottom of the cab, but the rear seems too high? Well Dad and Joe are going to drop the inside edge of the fender down about 3" so that it will slightly rise toward the rear, making everything line up better.

Rather than cutting the entire lower half of the fender off and adding an extension to it, the fender was split so that a wedge of sheet metal can be welded into the fender changing the angle of the bottom fender edge.

Here's Dad cutting the fender..

The fender is flexible enough to pull apart so that a wedge of metal can be placed between it.

Here's dad clamping the fender in place so that the sheet metal wedge can be welded in place.

This is the other fender cut apart, shown with the wedge clamped in place.

Next on the list is to clean up the welds around the fuel door..

Now thats one determined look! Dad's saying to himself.. "Ok grinder.. you and me have got some work to do!"

Here is the drivers side fender with the wedge in place and the welds cleaned up around the fuel door. A little more work ahead to clean up the rest of the fenders and the bed, then it can be painted! Look'n good!