The plastic vs steel inner fenders has been discussed several times. I don't think that there was any particular rhyme or reason to which car got what inners. Whatever supplier hit the dock on any day and whatever car came down the line, got the inners that were on hand. And several people have mentioned one of each type on supposedly original cars.
As far as the seam filler, it may have been plant dependent. IE leeds would use one technique, arlington another. Did you ever try to narrow it down to which years or plant used a particular method? ---------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now that the motor mount /frame bracket questions are answered we may or may not ever find out why GM used a different frame bracket for the 307 small block in the 68 thru 72 chevelles. But anyway there are some expert chevelle people on this net. I have worked on chevelles a long time,and have aquired much experiance since my first chevelle in 1965. I'm an old fart huh ? So I thought I'd stir things up a little and put out a couple more "why" questions. Question 1.. "Why" do some chevelles (especially 70s) have plastic inner fenders and some steel inner fenders ? I've seen two seemingly original cars with one steel and one plastic on the same car. Question 2.. Unless you do your own bodywork you may not no what I'm talking about but here goes. The factory seam between the roof and rear quarter panels is filled and sanded. Up until just recently I thought the factory used bondo. Every one I saw was bondo. I bought a 72 malibu shell that had nice rear quarters to be used on my 71 resto. Upon removal of the 72 rear quarters I found the seam to be leaded in. First one I have seen. Anyway I started removing the quarter from the 71 and that wasn't leaded or bondo. That seam was crudly filled with seam sealer (Kind of caulking) It was originaly a vinyl top car and I guess the factory figured it didn,t need exact finishing since it would be covered. Working on a 69 I found it leaded. So why do some chevelles have lead,some bondo,some seam sealer ??? rick schaefer 72 El camino http://members.home.net/jimmy4/rick1972elky.html ACES #00140 Team Chevelle #00038 ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
