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template front trim Desoto fender
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springsweptwing
Posted 2012-11-04 8:28 AM (#345697)
Subject: template front trim Desoto fender



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Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom.		Here is the template for the insert on the Desoto front fender if any one needs to fabricate them, they are about 18 guage steel.



(Desoto insert.jpg)



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Lancer Mike
Posted 2012-11-07 6:52 PM (#346197 - in reply to #345697)
Subject: RE: template front trim Desoto fender



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Location: The Mile High City		Way to go, Paul! That's really neat. I have been following Raffa's restoration and this discussion point in particular. I hope this helps the 1957 De Soto restorers out there.
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57desoto
Posted 2012-11-08 7:30 AM (#346263 - in reply to #345697)
Subject: Re: template front trim Desoto fender



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Location: New Castle PA		Here's the version I send to people. If you enlarge/reduce it however you need, the actual measurements there, plus on springsweptwing's drawing above, should give you exactly what you need to know.



(fender_insert_tracing.jpg)



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JT Vincent
Posted 2012-12-12 2:05 PM (#350939 - in reply to #345697)
Subject: Re: template front trim Desoto fender



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Location: Jamaica Plain, MA		And these were not on Firesweep, right? Someone probably covered this, but what is the purpose of this thing? To make the paint look cleaner?
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tnlowrider
Posted 2012-12-24 10:01 PM (#352426 - in reply to #345697)
Subject: Re: template front trim Desoto fender



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Location: Upper East Tennessee		I'm thinking the factory found it easier (probably cheaper) to paint the entire fender and use this insert for whatever color sweep option was ordered. I'm just going to paint the color sweep onto my fender.
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Devioussquirrel
Posted 2012-12-25 4:05 PM (#352502 - in reply to #352426)
Subject: Re: template front trim Desoto fender



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Location: Louisiana		I have similar inserts for the front fenders of my '58 Firedome. I've debated whether or not to repaint and reinstall them. Do the trim spears look okay without them? I'd just as soon eliminate another place for water to collect.
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JT Vincent
Posted 2012-12-26 2:59 PM (#352625 - in reply to #345697)
Subject: Re: template front trim Desoto fender



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Location: Jamaica Plain, MA		My Firesweep doesn't have them. But who knows, it's been repainted at least once. I wonder how odd it would look if the sweep was filled with Sportone insert stuff. Not that I feel like trying that.
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