scott_m_mil

As mentioned in a previous thread, I'm meeting with someone who has a pile of 66 parts to sell. I received some pictures today and I saw two new fenders in the collection. Does anyone know if there is an easy way to identify fenders created from original ford tooling vs new tooling?

Thanks,
Scott

001mustang

one thing to look for is crisp bends that look like oem car.

some repro creases are too rounded.

can get bad parts off orig tooling also. used to trash 100's of sheet metal parts when tuning press at GM.

67t5ponycoupe

Original ford fenders will have a date code on the fender lip under the hood, repop fenders will not. I don't believe the new ford tooling fender will have date codes on them but usually have a ford part number either spray painted on the inside or will have a paper tag with ford numbers on it.

scott_m_mil

Thanks for the help guys.

mustangted

The ford tooling ds fender i got for my 66 still fit like crap.

2+2GT

Then it was defective. Or your car was hit.

mustangted

well the body line was poor, didnt line up with the door. car was not hit. replacing a factory fender with rust in front of the door.