MTFCA Forum

So something has been nagging in the back of my head for a while. When I got my TT all body work and paint had been done. On a whim, I decided to go up to that attic and unwrap one of the front fenders and sure enough no mounting holes have been drilled and the mounting brackets haven’t been installed. Such a shame because it’s all been painted and looks perfect. Good thing I know a great body man...... this may get more expensive.

Brad

Brad, that's the way they come. You Have to find your own brackets from old fenders and fit them. There is a positive in your case. The fender is painted where the brackets go, so they will not rust between the bracket and top. Remember there are two brackets for each front fender.

Allan from down under.

Applying paint to body panels and pieces is the very last thing that is done during a restoration. The body should be assembled prior to painting to avoid what has happened in your situation.

That’s something that’s overlooked. New fenders don’t have the brackets.
The reason is probably that the original brackets were pressed into shape on a press and the cost to reproduce them wouldn’t be cheap.
Lots of old rusted up fenders have gone to the scrap yards when the brackets should have been saved.
Fender brackets aren’t hard to install and lots of info on the forum about ways to do it. It’s not as difficult as you think.
It helps a lot to have the old fender to go by when replacing them.