Considering unorthodox repair
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 1:19 pm
I'm not the master metalworker Graeme is, and since i need to replace the front part of the rocker where the fenders mount I began thinking I would make fiberglass pieces, but I wanted to get feedback from you guys.
![Image](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/2475840693_388a728e53_b.jpg%22%20width=%221024%22%20height=%22683%22%20alt=%22rocker-rot%20detail)
This is rotted out just where you would expect it to be. any repair to the door post/a-pillar would be done in metal, but the hoagie-roll shaped piece is what I'm thinking of reproducing in glass. It's only structural job, as far as I can tell, is to hold the bottom of the fender behind the wheel. I'm thinking of making bucks out of urethane foam, fitting them carefully, and making fiberglass neg-molds, them making glass positives, and JB welding captive nuts for the fender mounting. If it works I would have molds for folks in the same pickle.
![Image](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/2475840693_388a728e53_b.jpg%22%20width=%221024%22%20height=%22683%22%20alt=%22rocker-rot%20detail)
This is rotted out just where you would expect it to be. any repair to the door post/a-pillar would be done in metal, but the hoagie-roll shaped piece is what I'm thinking of reproducing in glass. It's only structural job, as far as I can tell, is to hold the bottom of the fender behind the wheel. I'm thinking of making bucks out of urethane foam, fitting them carefully, and making fiberglass neg-molds, them making glass positives, and JB welding captive nuts for the fender mounting. If it works I would have molds for folks in the same pickle.