SS Newport

We pulled the remaining fender. This is where more "hack" repairs were discovered. Some inner fender fasteners were missing. In fact, when I went to remove the bolt for the fender brace that's buried behind the wheel opening it was gone - or at least it looked like it was. Upon closer inspection I found that someone had tack welded the brace to the mount on the cowl. Not sure why unless they simply lost the bolt and it was faster to weld it. Used a cutoff wheel on the weld to finally free the fender from the car.

Someone welded the fender brace to the cowl