Paused the work on fabricating the '47 Chief fender mounting brackets so's i could create a template to show me just how much of that fender had been cut away in its previous life. Turns out to be an estimated 8 inches of curve were removed at some point. Thinking maybe an accident as the body of the fender is solid and dent/rust free so if not an accident then maybe some ancient attempt by a former owner to make his ride look "cool" by bobbing the front fender. it was a popular thing to do around 60 years ago, but it leaves me with the problem of where to find a donor from which to harvest that missing section so that I can re-attach it, or least re-attach some of it. Finding a whole one is bad enough, about along the line of finding a good unmolested or sun damaged headliner for a station wagon in the salvage yard, but finding a junker that I can use as a donor, well where's that chicken so's i can grab its teeth! I like the bob but would have taken less....just me and my personal preferences.
Nick