[Healeys] fenders

[rrengineer at dslextreme.com]

Must be a lot of similar stories out there.  My BN2 basket case came
without fenders.  Even the shrouds had to be replaced.  I was lucky to get
two rear and one left front fender from a BN2 from one source.  Finding a
right front fender was a very difficult task.  I did not even consider a
repro fender after my body and paint guy told me that it would take too
much work to fit it.  It was much easier to find an original fender.  The
one I found was rusted at the rear of the wheel arch and had to be
massaged around the headlight area, but it was better than trying to fit a
repro panel I was told.  Just as aside, the repair panels that include
part of the wheel well opening with the rolled wired edge are getting hard
to find.  It's almost ready to paint after a year of body work and
fitting.  Just have to fit the repro grill to the front shroud.  That's
another story.
Mike MacLean
56 BN2
60 AN5


James  Shope
> having just spent a couple of months off and on fitting panels i can
> verify
> "one size does not fit all".  apparently the shroud and front fenders on
> the
> bn6 basket case i bought had come from different cars.  the holes did not
> line
> up many times, the fit was askew and the fenders did not match the line of
> the
> doors.  many hours were spent putting the panels on and off trying to get
> everything to match up.   my fault for buying something i did not check
> out
> very thoroughly first,  but i recommend repairing the old fenders if at
> all
> possible.  makes life a whole lot easier.   healeymanjim