Thread: spindle mounted fenders

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having a brain lock on a design to mount "open" fenders on wheel spindles. OK I drill a piece of flat plate ~1 " wide to mount the ball joints. OR weld it to the spindle?
thinking about some 3/8 roundstock to go between this and the fender, with the roundstock flattenned (8 ton press) where it's drilled for small bolts mounting the fenders (easy fender replacement)
interphase between the two? weld or drill bolt holes

bolt holes might be harder to precisely locate, might be easier to lay it there and just weld it?

anybody seen any good ways that look ok?
more adjustable the better?
SHOULDA gone to the local car show this weekend

Is this what you mean?----If so, weld fender to 1 1/2" x 1/4" bar stock, bolt bar stock to brake drum or spindle flange.

did you just DRAW ALL THAT?

yeah I was trying to make a design that wasn't too ugly/difficult

maybe 1/4" is a little extreme - but simplicity is always rewarded with a clean look

have never seem them or looked, just need them realbad

have read to drill, rivet them for easy replacement of rock dinged fenders (no inner fenders)

figuring I will have to mount to ball joint bolt

Yes I just drew all that----thats what I do for a living. The engineering software that I use is absolutely amazing. If ya want to see some real mind boggling stuff, check out the portfolio on my web page www.rupnowdesign.com
I used that design on my 27 roadster, and if you use anything lighter than 1/4" the fenders will vibrate all the time, causing the metal to fatigue and crack, or break the welds.

Here's a picture of the 27 roadster with the spindle mounted fenders on it. Sorry, but I don't have a picture of the inside of the wheel, but the fender supports were exactly as shown in the solid model I created. Hint----I don't know what you are using for fenders, but----in the old days they were cut from a spare tire cover. This was O.K. in the old days when people ran real skinny tires on the front of their cars. What I found was that running 14" radial tires P165 (I think), the spare tire covers were not wide enough. If you have a trailer manufacturer in your area, you can buy steel fenders in practically any radius and width that you want, and they are really inexpensive.---thats what I did.
Another area of interest on the roadster in the picture is the DuVall style split windshield. I built the frame with some scrap #10 gauge plate with a peice of glass channel welded to the back side of it.

Hi this is my first post here.I live on the south coast of England.I am building a Lotus 7 replica at present ,next project a 27 T.Most 7s over here use cycle wings(fenders)They often get lost!You may like to look at these brackets here .http://locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=18864