53 wasp inner fender material

bartibog1
bartibog1 Expert Adviser
edited November -1 in HUDSON
looking for type of material that was stappled to inner fender of 53 super wasp. was it perhaps canvas or leather presume it was to keep dirt and moisture from reaching motor any help would be appreciated thanks

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  • rambos_ride
    rambos_ride Senior Contributor
    bartibog1 wrote:
    looking for type of material that was stappled to inner fender of 53 super wasp. was it perhaps canvas or leather presume it was to keep dirt and moisture from reaching motor any help would be appreciated thanks
    KGAP is probably your best bet for replacement parts of this nature...
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    The material was a canvas/duck material. Used for exactly what you described: to keep dirt and moisture out from the engine bay. Staples might be hard to come by to secure this back on,so you might want to fab some copper wire into staples and put them on yourself. They work great and won't rust.
  • 7XPacemaker
    7XPacemaker Senior Contributor
    Another option is to pull the staples out and use conventional staples to put the new ones on. Just push them in and bend over the tabs................
  • 50C8DAN
    50C8DAN Senior Contributor
    I had some made at a tent and awning place. Very heavy duty canvas.
  • Uncle Josh
    Uncle Josh Senior Contributor
    Here are KGap's guards.

    http://www.k-gapstore.com/servlet/Categories?category=Gravel+Guards%2C+Mudflaps%2C+Splash+Guards
  • Walt-LA
    Walt-LA Senior Contributor
    You can buy heavy staples from Restoration Specialties. They look good though I haven't installed any yet, so don't know if they are as brittle as the original. Come loose in a pkg of 100. Have used baling wire before. Pair of pliers makes about the right spacing. Cut wire on an angle to get sharp points. Drill out the original holes to a 64th or 32nd.



    The K-gap dust shield is of much thinner material than the original. But it is cut and sewn well. It does not come with the metal bars used on the bottom. Appears to be black or a very dark green.



    Walt-LA
  • 50C8DAN
    50C8DAN Senior Contributor
    You are right the K-gap material is much lighter than the original. I have a set but elected to have some make special to get a heavier canvas.
  • bartibog1
    bartibog1 Expert Adviser
    does anyone no of a type of rubber that can be used under the door thresholds 53 restoration in progress
  • Walt-LA
    Walt-LA Senior Contributor
    I had one piece of rubber from under a sill that was in good enough shape to make a pattern. I used a couple of the center (punched out) pieces from the cowl vent seal that I got from Press Kale (K-gap) some time back. It seems to work OK. It is an odd shaped piece, which in addition to fitting under the sill, runs down the side of the sill, and back along the door post.



    Have not yet installed the thinner dust shields. Original works, but was bleached in degreasing. Not sure will take die. but i may try to paint.



    Found some thin rubber (approx 1/16 inch) with fabric reinforcement at the Rubber House that I am using on the forward sides of the radiator shell, and heavier versions (3/16 inch) for the piece under the master cylinder and to replace cardboard shield between the 1st cross member and radiator u-channel. Also used same for the stone guard ahead of the rear bumper. Don't know if all this is used on '53's. Used K-gap material on fender cowl seal.



    Walt-LA
  • Walt-LA
    Walt-LA Senior Contributor
    ... take dye. It's me that this project is going to do in! W
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Before I bought the black canvas to make the cloth splash guards, I measured the thickness of the original ones on Press Kale's '49 Super six, one of my dad's '54 Hollywoods, and on my own 2dr Jet. I measured at the area where they are stapled to the inner fender... All three original pieces, and the repro ones are within .003 of each other.



    Dany
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