rear outer wheel well question

[Metaldoc]

any ideas to fill in the outer wheel well after I've raised the bed 2". This piece was swiss cheese so new ones have to be made.

[Metaldoc]

this is what it is now

[65standard]

Don't understand the question. Raise the bed 2"??? Why??? Fill the wheel openings on the bed sides???

[jakewalter]

It looks like an excellent repair on the outer fender.
What is your next challenge?
You might want to move this to your build thread.
Jake

[jakewalter]

Check out some of 67cheby builds.
The threads are long but full of great ideas.
Jake

[Metaldoc]

I raised all the bolt holes and cut out the lower inner well. My question is any ideas on filling in this area for more tire clearance

[Metaldoc]

this was the fix

[vidman]

This is what i did to my bedsides

[Metaldoc]

Originally Posted by vidman

This is what i did to my bedsides

almost the same, nice work. I also raised the bed two inches and widened the inner fender two inches

[dec010974]

Hello to all. I'm trying to bring back the dead. What was used to fill in the gaps vidman or metal doc? Was it able to be purchased?

[dec010974]

This is what I have so far.

[dec010974]

I needed to cut the rear, inner wheel well for Clearence. it interfered. I have a bagged c10.

[Metaldoc]

Hand fabbed inners and raised holes 2 inches. folded the edge and spot weld the inner fender to it. There are no store replacements for this. I have more pics on my process.

[dec010974]

Thanks metaldoc. What guage metal did you use for this wheel well mod? It seems pretty this. How did you bend the edge on the bed side inner wheel well? Also, if you don't mind, can you post more pics. Thanks, Clark.

[Metaldoc]

I use 19 ga steel and bend it on my table edge. 1 inch thick solid steel 22"x33" table top. The edge of the wheel well I bent with a bar, 1/2 " deep cut as shown in pic. I cut the old well out and used it as the template. I drilled holes to spot weld the upper edge, fit it under the bottom on the well and tacked that edge together.

[vidman]

I think i used 18 gauge on mine. been 2 years now, and used 2 pieces on each side and welded them together..My buddy runs a hot rod shop, so he has all kinds of good stuff laying around.....