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Old 08-23-2002, 12:33 AM   #1
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i deserve a trophy for most crap ever found inside a fender

i had noticed a little rust creeping through the front fender corner on the passenger side of my 72, i didnt really care since i was swapping to a 67 front clip with new fenders etc nor did i wonder why it was rusting there and not on the drivers side which was perfect. well ive started the swap this week and check out what i found inside that fender corner
the following was found..
1 wrench
1 rag
1 screwdriver
1 battery terminal
1 nose to a tube of rtv sealant
1 razor blade
1 gasket of something
1 rubbet grommet fo somesorts
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Old 08-23-2002, 12:36 AM   #2
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and no i dont think its possible for all of this to have just accumulated there, when i checked the drivers side there was nothing but maybe a rock or two and a pinch of dirt. its almost as if some previous owner saw the rust and though dumping 5lbs of cat litter or gravel down into the fender corner would absorb the moisture and keep it from rusting, boy was he wrong. the rest of the fender and clip on my 72 is pretty rust free as most CA trucks are. do you think the fender is trashed? it would need a new corner welded at the bottom but the rest of it has no rust
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Old 08-23-2002, 12:40 AM   #3
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heres how i look right now

ps check the classifieds soon i have a good 72 hood and core support as well as the rest of the front clip for sale
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Old 08-23-2002, 12:43 AM   #4
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fender junk

Rats, all I found in mine was a quart of tranny fluid and a funnel.
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Old 08-23-2002, 01:28 AM   #5
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at least you have an actual pocket in existence on that fender to have bene able to accumulate all that, around here the pockets dont exist and all the crap has long since fell through, even all that would have, wrench and all, lots of rain and high humidity wet air+ dirt and mud and salt and snow and ice = major rot issues on all sheetmetal objects

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Old 08-23-2002, 03:09 AM   #6
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randy's right, i've looked at probably 20 trucks in junkyards in my area and all of them have the cup on the right front fender totally rotted away, the only one that isn't gone is the one on Dad's 67, and it's bashed beyond repair.
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Old 08-23-2002, 03:21 AM   #7
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oooh... if they are craftsman tools, maybe you can turn them in to get new tools and then hock or use those.

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Old 08-23-2002, 04:32 AM   #8
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Old 08-23-2002, 10:34 AM   #9
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Hey Blake, did you decide what you are going to do with the extra 67-68 clip? Let me know. I'd be interested, and local, no shipping
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Old 08-23-2002, 01:28 PM   #10
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Hey Blake, did you decide what you are going to do with the extra 67-68 clip? Let me know. I'd be interested, and local, no shipping
i dont have an 'extra 67-68 clip' just my old 72 clip, i do have a 68 clip that im using to put on my 72. so the 72 clip is for sale. ill have two extra 68 fenders that are rusted badly, i doubt theyre even repairable and a 68 hood since i think im gonna order a cowl hood.

if your interested in the 72 clip im going to try get rid of it. $125 for everything. inner wells, hood, hood springs and latch, core support, outter grille, aftermarket inner grille, bumper, 2 fenders one is good the other is obviously need a whole new corner to it lol. and all the the little bits a pieces that hold it together
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Old 08-23-2002, 01:39 PM   #11
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Just carefully remove the artifacts and preserve them. Ya never know, they could have come from some long lost ancient civilization from 30 yrs. ago, lol. I think the fender is fixable. I've welded up worse, that is, if the rest of its in good shape. I hate seeing original panels getting trashed just because of a few holes. They be getting rarer and rarer.
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Old 08-23-2002, 02:57 PM   #12
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OK, I knew you were debating between a few options on the early sheetmetal. So the extra 68 fenders are pretty bad? Hows the hood?
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Old 08-23-2002, 04:02 PM   #13
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i found an old rubber boot some garden gloves and an ice pick in the door of my truck
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Old 08-23-2002, 06:33 PM   #14
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OK, I knew you were debating between a few options on the early sheetmetal. So the extra 68 fenders are pretty bad? Hows the hood?
i will get pictures of the 68 fenders, the fronts both have dents right where it curves back for the headlights, probably expensive to fix and the front corners and back corners of both fenders are rusted. i pretty sure theyre trash. if you think theyre useable ill give them to you for free.

the hood had a quarter sized hole cut into it for an antenna i guess. has a couple of small dimples in it otherwise straight and rust free. i just figured that the money spent to repair the hole and small dimples would be better spent just buying a new cowl hood. if i had a welder and the know how id just patch the hole and do the body work myself, it doesnt look bad but the shops i took it to are telling me it needs $200 of work, ya right...

anyways the hood will be going on my truck until i order a cowl hood, so it could be a while till its for sale, but when it is youll see it on this parts forum.
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Old 08-23-2002, 06:35 PM   #15
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Just carefully remove the artifacts and preserve them. Ya never know, they could have come from some long lost ancient civilization from 30 yrs. ago, lol. I think the fender is fixable. I've welded up worse, that is, if the rest of its in good shape. I hate seeing original panels getting trashed just because of a few holes. They be getting rarer and rarer.
i think the fenders still useable if the front corner is patched, theres no rust anywhere else on it and you can see the original blue paint on the back. however the fenders are now silver and have had the markers and trim or emblem holes shaved so if someones a stickler for originality and wants original fenders i doubt this is what theyll want
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Old 08-23-2002, 06:46 PM   #16
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HEY! That's where my wrench went!!!!!!!!
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Old 08-23-2002, 10:18 PM   #17
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That is too cool! With all that weight gone, your gas mileage and acceleration will undoubtedly improve.

When I got my 69, it had been driven on farm roads for 20 years. Combine that with a few oil leaks and you get a quarter-inch of greasy dirt stuck to the bottom of the oil pan, trans, cab, bed, and frame. I spent a few hours each weekend for several weeks laying on my back with a putty knife scraping most of it off. Wish I would have weighed it all -- probably 50 pounds easy.
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i found an old rubber boot some garden gloves and an ice pick in the door of my truck
Sounds like the remains of a murder mystery. D'ya s'pose the PO kacked somebody and hid the evidence in his fender?

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Old 08-24-2002, 12:56 AM   #19
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Mine were full of bondo and newspaper.
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Old 08-24-2002, 07:20 AM   #20
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Old 08-24-2002, 01:16 PM   #21
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Ive got an real old rusty church key oil can opener thats hanging from a piece of wire thats looped around my drivers side hood bumper. Its old. Its staying there.
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Old 08-24-2002, 05:24 PM   #22
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Old 01-30-2003, 12:01 AM   #24
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How about the bag of pot I found in my cab corner...well actually, the military police dogs found it there. man did I just barley keep from getting in real deep ca-ca.
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I think I saw about 14 spark plugs laying on the core support of my truck.(I think it was the core support, it was cold and my brain was froze) also in my glove box, I found a pack of 10 yr. old matches that still light. Hehe. Wait until I get my truck to my house, I'll top all of ya. I bet. lol
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