REGAL No holes for fender to core support braces? WTF?

[Longroof79]

There were a few different types of those braces made, not counting the cheesy wire type that's usually seen on some Cutlasses.
I believe Buicks and GPs used curved rad support to fender braces. The straight ones were generally on Pontiac Lemans and some Cutlasses.
The curved type were also longer than the straight bars.

 

[timo22]

I've never seen any inner fender braces on a Regal. As a matter of fact, I have never seen a Regal with a big front sway bar or jounce bars. I think I ran across one with a 3/4" straight rear sway bar years ago. The only upgrade I have ever seen on Regal are core support x-braces.
As far as the curved inner fender braces, I have only seen those on 81 and up GPs.
timo22

 

[tc1959]

Now I know what those two holes in my inner fender are for.

 

[axisg]

3/4 steel conduit from the electrical section at home dopey works just as well. Appx $5.00 for a 4' length. Measure twice, cut once. Pound the ends flat ( 90 deg difference ) and round off the edges, then drill your holes accordingly. I prefer to Nut and Bolt to the Threaded Clips myself

 

[ItsnotaGN]

Yup, I have curved bars of of a Grand Prix on my Monte. I had to drill holes in the fenders for the clips as well.

 

[MrSony]

My regal doesn't have those holes in the fenders. It has the separate metal fender liner, thing. The fender isn't flat like on the malibu's shown, or the bonne I got them from. There is no rectangular holes in the fender for the nut clips either. I just used a fender liner thing hole to mount them, and the other large hole in the core support to mount the other ends, with a nut to space it as those holes dip down.

 

[454cutlass]

Heres mine on 83 cutty didnt have the holes on the fire wall. Fit very well.

 

[zdeckich]

I have the curved ones on my 78 Malibu wagon. I got mine out of a 87 or 88 bonneville sedan.