stretching wheel wells

[vega 350]

This is the first i ever did this. could anyone point me in the right direction. Here are some pics of what i have done right now.

[waybad]

That is how I would do it, it lets you stretch your wheelbase a little also, which is good for a fast car..
keep taking pict of how you make the filler panel.. TC

[v8astregt]

That's the right way. As far as the filler panel, I guess ideally you'd cut it out of a donor car, or at that location it's pretty much a flat line, so it wouldn't be hard to bend one to match, and make it perfect with a little plastic filler. At least that's gonna be my plan on the Kammback.

[vega 350]

Thanks guys . I'm thinking of shrinking them a bit ,i think they are a little big .What do you think?

[spyder_xlch]

If the tire in the pic is what you are going to run then yes, the openings look big. I'd close it up some. You're doing a good job though. Take pics of the progress.

[vega 350]

Anybody got extra tin around the wheel well that they want to get rid of? If its a parts car..Just asking....it will save me alot of trial and error when fabbing them up.

[vegon71]

Anybody got extra tin around the wheel well that they want to get rid of? If its a parts car..Just asking....it will save me alot of trial and error when fabbing them up.

If you happen to have a set of old junk front fenders laying around you can use a section out of them. Thats how i filled the gap on mine, my old front fenders were beyond repair. The lips are very close front and back. looks good bud!!!

[67shovel]

This is my first post. I just got a 73 GT wagon and planed on stretching the wheel wells also. I saw year ago that J.C. Whitney had fiberglass stretched w/well outer panels. Is using them just asking for problems in the future and strecthing this way with metal the perferred method?
Thanks, Roger

[spencerforhire]

The fiberglass wheel openings are pretty well the accepted method for a drag car; for a really nice street car stretching the steel lips will end up straighter if you know what you're doing with a mig welder.