Racingsnake
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I'd like to pull the inner fenders on my '68 Fury when I swap engines so I can get better access to clean and paint the front stub frame. Can I do this without pulling the outer fenders?
They must have changed it in 69, as there is nothing but the inner fender bolts holding it in, nothing pinched in, nothing hidden. The service manual says to remove it (no mention of removing anything else) to get to the heater fan.It is not as simple as described above. A problem is that the core support sits on top of a tab on the the front of the inner fender wells and as I recall there are studs sticking out of the stub frame that the inner fenders and core support go over. It is going to be very difficult to remove the core support without unbolting part of the fenders, which means that you will have to realign the fenders. My advice is to work around the inner fender wells and leave them in place. This applies to '67 & '68 C Bodies.
I’ll have a closer look when I pull the motor but I’m leaning towards leaving it all in place.
Unfortunately the '67-68 is a different design. As Furygt said, it looks like the radiator support would have to come out too and I’m not sure that can be done without disturbing the fenders. I’ll have a closer look when I pull the motor but I’m leaning towards leaving it all in place.
carefully turn that bolt hole into a slot and try to slide them in under the core support, which I hate to do because the inner fenders are also newly painted.
I guess the stud is welded to the stub-frame? Would it help to drill the stud out and tap the frame for a bolt instead?The problem is that it is a stud, not a bolt that sticks up out of the stub-frame that secures the inner fender and core support to the stub-frame.
Stud is threaded in’68. If you have room for a double jam nut you may be able to screw it out.I guess the stud is welded to the stub-frame? Would it help to drill the stud out and tap the frame for a bolt instead?