Driver's Inner Fender Brace

[dmarty]

Just replaced my original 72 inner fenders with repos from LMC. 3 of the 4 holes lined up but had to drill the inner fender for the third. RustyPile is right, don't drill the brace, just the inner fender as the unused hole(s) will not show. No need to modify an original brace.

[Rich72C10]

Originally Posted by dmarty

Just replaced my original 72 inner fenders with repos from LMC. 3 of the 4 holes lined up but had to drill the inner fender for the third. RustyPile is right, don't drill the brace, just the inner fender as the unused hole(s) will not show. No need to modify an original brace.

LMC doesn't show much of a photo on their site - were your two forward holes like my photo? Just wondering really.

My problem is one of the holes I'd need to drill is blocked by a 4 sided nut that is tacked wielded very well on each of its corners to the inner fender :-/

[dmarty]

My repo inner fender did not come with welded nuts, just holes. The hole that didn't line up with the brace holes fell in-between the two forward holes, so no problem for me to drill the extra hole. I used flare nuts on the under side for the nuts rather then scrounge up some weld-nuts and weld em. And I could have welded up the wrong hole, ground it smooth and painted it, but didn't bother. BTW, my repo came with two holes drilled to hold the parking brake cable but my original had one hole and one mounting clip on cable, but in the area of the repo unnecessary hole the original had a large dimple where another hold could be drilled. I tried to add a second cable clip, but the old cable didn't flex enough for it to work with the extra hole so just put a bolt in the empty hole to fill it. Repo parts are a pain!!!