Thread: that felt stuff between panels, 51 ford

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hey guys, I know that on the 51 ford f1 there is supposed to be some welting? in between the fenders and the body. I'm curious, is that supposed to go everywhere or just between the front fenders? I wanted to temporarily hang the rear ones, to get them out of the frickin' way, but don't have that stuff on hand.

thanks.

I imagine the fords are the same as chevs, It goes on front and rear fenders as well as running bords. If its the black rubber stuff your talking about, I
bought some at a VW parts place once

You can buy the black paintable fender welting from pretty well any hot rod shop. All 3 big car manufacturers used it with bolt on fenders, mainly to keep splashed up muddy water from flying out all over the sides of the car at the bolted joint. It also cut down on squeaks and made for a less finicky fit between fenders and main body. The older cars in the twenties and thirties and early fourties used a welting with a round bead on it, some of the later fourties and early fifties used a flat welting with no exposed bead. You used to be able to buy a vinyl welting that had a chrome like finish on the exposed bead.