(i'm back, from the Pasatucky Tournament of Rodents extravaganza), &
am getting "caught-up".
When I first acquired custodianship of Horrie, and had begun his
semi-extreme make-over, I couldn't figger out how to remove his
front-of-fender "crowns", because, when I reached up-under the fender
'ledges', I discovered (what felt like) solid-metal "panels"
that blocked-off the front edges of the fenders.
I finally got a light 'up' there (not a lot of room to manuever, with
the wheel installed) & realized that what I had been feeling was
compacted "petrified" (what?) dirt, etc, that was completely FILLING
that cavity!
The only (very minor) rust-out (don't ask me 'why'; only-there!!!) was
on the driver's side fender, right at the juncture/
connection with the front-upper 'valance' panel-piece.
I'm not aware of the (former?) existence of any
"shield" on top of the front-fender-liner, which would have partially
protected the fender upper-
ledge, from dirt/grunge deposition.
I's a wonder ANY non-dry-area late-50's MoPar survived!!
Neil Vedder
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