Need links

[914timo]

My German friend would like to see pics about how you flare your rear fenders, and we are NOT talking about GT flares or f/g race flares now.

I remember that Mike Muller flared his rear fenders cutting long horizontal cuts and welding more material to the cuts. I just donīt know if those pics are still somewhere in the net. Are they ??

It would be very nice to see other pics too from ready cars and flares under work.

Many thanks,

[John Kelly]

Hi Timo,

Here is a link to some flares I'm doing:

http://metalshapers.org/cgi-bin/community/communityalbums.cgi?ownerid=9990093068868

Or you could perform a search for flares at the top of the page. Lots of interesting ways to flare a 914.

John www.ghiaspecialties.com

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

For another way it's been done (similar to Mueller's), see:
http://home3.inet.tele.dk/box164/html/fischer_part_2.html

I have a couple of half-decent pics of the results here:
http://www.pelicanparts.com/swapmeet_pics/MUSR-2002/HTML/Page-9.htm
http://www.pelicanparts.com/swapmeet_pics/MUSR-2002/HTML/Page-10.htm

...And there are more ways, too. The "baseball bat" method still works half-decently if you only need a little bit of room. I think the following car may have been done that way:
http://www.pelicanparts.com/swapmeet_pics/West_Coast_Ramble_02/HTML/Page-14.htm
http://www.pelicanparts.com/swapmeet_pics/West_Coast_Ramble_02/HTML/Page-18.htm
http://www.pelicanparts.com/swapmeet_pics/West_Coast_Ramble_02/HTML/Page-17.htm

Note that the "ball bat" method will pull the lower corners of the fender panel inward a bit, which may result in slightly uneven panel gaps and a very subtly odd-shaped fender.

--DD

[gint]

Hey Dave,

I've noticed this in the past with pics on Pelican's site. Why is number 17 all stretched out and distorted?

http://www.pelicanparts.com/swapmeet_pics/West_Coast_Ramble_02/HTML/Page-17.htm

[mike mueller]

Hey Timo,

Here is a link to a few of my pictures....the one picture showing the drivers side qtr panel missing is not the way to flare the fenders. I had to replace that qtr panel at time of flaring out the fenders.

Rich F.'s flaring looks a lot better than mine.

Mueller's Frank'n'fender

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

I've noticed this in the past with pics on Pelican's site. Why is number 17 all stretched out and distorted?

Just the posting person and software. They've been shrinking the pics down from 1600x1200 (or 1200x1600) to something a little more load-friendly. Sometimes they don't get the aspect ratio quite correct when shrinking, and the result is that the pic gets "squished".

--DD

[gint]

I would be most appreciative if you could send me copies of the pictures of that 914/6

[Mike D.]

John Kelly, I like those 914 flares. Did you make them from an existing 914 fender? i.e. cut off a doner car, formed, then welded on?
-Mike D.

[Zeke]

Here's another: One Inch in One Hour

[914timo]

Thank you everybody !!!!

I will post this thread to my German friend and hope it will help him clear what to do with his car.

I have to admit that those Mikeīs flares look good. They are so unnoticeable. It is a pity if the car is wrecked now.