My convertible originally came with plastic inner front fenders.
I was wondering how common they are ?
Can a person buy them any more aftermarket?
any pictures? Why would GM install them? Rare ?
i was thinking about trying to find some and replacing taking my steel ones out , except steel ones look good with the satin painted.
Anyone know much about them . I tried a search on the topic & didn't find anything .
-- Edited by bzbaz63 on Sunday 8th of February 2015 03:02:11 AM
poncho62 said
Feb 8, 2015
My 70 SS Chevelle had them....I know the W30-31 Olds had orange ones. Dont know if they are rare, special order or just what they were using at a certain time.
2drpost said
Feb 8, 2015
not rare, very common in '69, plastic inners do and will continually crack
there are known chevelles built with one plastic and one steel inner fender
My 69 also had the plastic ones . They were cracked really bad so I bought the steel replacement ones. The plastic ones are available but I did not want to deal with them cracking in the future.
Ian
Beaumont67SD said
Feb 8, 2015
To bad our 1967 Beaumont SD model didn't get the reddy/orange plastic inner front fenders...would of been wicked cool.
I remember judging a car show in Highgate, ON. 20 years ago, and the plastic inner fender question came up / so rare of an option, two of the judges thought they were fake.
Quote: http://www.highdefforum.com/car-forum/115098-muscle-cars-1962-1972-a-151.html General Motors was on top of the muscle car world in the mid-Sixties, with every automotive division offering some form of desirable high-performance two-door. Pontiac's Tempest Le Mans-based GTO was a home run, and Oldsmobile, Buick and Chevrolet wanted in on the action. In an attempt to add even more sizzle to the stylish 1966 GTO, Pontiac designers and engineers created red plastic inner-fender liners, a concept that Oldsmobile would adopt the following year.
Virtually buried in the ample factory options listing for the 1966 and 1967 GTO was option code 522, "Red plastic inner-fender liners." Designed to form-fit within the cars' steel inner fenders and accent the standard red line tires, these red fender liners could be specified with any body paint color, and added a subtle hint of drama to an already dramatic vehicle. Quote: The Oldsmobile units went a step further than Pontiac's in that, instead of simply covering the standard steel inner fenders up front, Oldsmobile actually replaced them with lightweight red plastic inner fenders; **the W-30's rear wheel wells were lined with red inserts, as per Pontiac practice. John notes that Oldsmobile's inner fenders used the same material as Pontiac's, and were injection-molded to more precise tolerances.
The 4-4-2 with the W-30 option would continue to use these red front inner fenders and rear fender liners after their 1968 redesign, and would use them through the 1971 model year, replacing the fronts with black plastic versions and deleting the rear liners for 1972. The red front inner fenders were modified with holes for ducting cool air from under the bumper into the engine compartment in 1968 and 1969, and the limited-production Peruvian Silver 1968 Hurst Olds also sported these colorful accents with special ducting. The Parts Place Inc. (630-365-1800) currently sells reproduction inner fenders and liners for 1968-'71 4-4-2 W-30 cars, but it's no surprise that they are substantially costlier than standard metal versions. http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/...feature23.html
Too Nice for Tar http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2008/06/01/hmn_feature23.html Giving GM's muscle machines a splash of color down under.
- Virtually buried in the ample factory options listing for the 1966 and 1967 GTO was option code 522, "Red plastic inner-fender liners." Designed to form-fit within the cars' steel inner fenders and accent the standard red line tires, these red fender liners could be specified with any body paint color, and added a subtle hint of drama to an already dramatic vehicle.
- In creating their ultimate 4-4-2, Olds-mobile decided to borrow a page from Pontiac's book and make red inner fenders part of 1967's factory-installed W-30 option package. The Oldsmobile units went a step further than Pontiac's in that, instead of simply covering the standard steel inner fenders up front, Oldsmobile actually replaced them with lightweight red plastic inner fenders; the W-30's rear wheel wells were lined with red inserts, as per Pontiac practice. John notes that Oldsmobile's inner fenders used the same material as Pontiac's, and were injection-molded to more precise tolerances.
Pontiacanada said
Feb 8, 2015
Beaumont67SD wrote:
To bad our 1967 Beaumont SD model didn't get the reddy/orange plastic inner front fenders...would of been wicked cool.
Just my opinion, but I always thought the rare orange inners on Goats & 442s were butt-ugly. An eyesore. Rare doesn't equal beauty.
Pontiacanada said
Feb 8, 2015
If you want plastic, buy a new car.
bzbaz63 said
Feb 8, 2015
There is a lot of history for the plastic inner fenders.
I think anything that has a hint of performance is cool like the ducting
Built in. But the Chevelle & Beaumont inners had no distinct
Advantage. If they crack, they look bad. I will keep my eye out this summer
To see what they look like on an A body. I seem to remember mine
Were cracked about 2 decades ago when I bought my Beaumont & replaced with some used
Metal ones. So if not restoring , I think the consensus is to stick to metal.
427carl said
Feb 8, 2015
Pontiacanada wrote:
Beaumont67SD wrote:
To bad our 1967 Beaumont SD model didn't get the reddy/orange plastic inner front fenders...would of been wicked cool.
Just my opinion, but I always thought the rare orange inners on Goats & 442s were butt-ugly. An eyesore. Rare doesn't equal beauty.
On my W30 car I spray painted them inside and out looked mint orange and red are for tuner cars or lifted trucks
Postsedan said
Feb 8, 2015
In an Oldsmobile....I like them just as Olds made them in RED
My convertible originally came with plastic inner front fenders.
I was wondering how common they are ?
Can a person buy them any more aftermarket?
any pictures? Why would GM install them? Rare ?
i was thinking about trying to find some and replacing taking my steel ones out , except steel ones look good with the satin painted.
Anyone know much about them . I tried a search on the topic & didn't find anything .
-- Edited by bzbaz63 on Sunday 8th of February 2015 03:02:11 AM
not rare, very common in '69, plastic inners do and will continually crack
there are known chevelles built with one plastic and one steel inner fender
You can read my comments on here.....
www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/600155/re-1969-chevelle-plastic-inner
Dan
my 69 Chevelle (triple green) had 1 of each
My 69 also had the plastic ones . They were cracked really bad so I bought the steel replacement ones. The plastic ones are available but I did not want to deal with them cracking in the future.
Ian
To bad our 1967 Beaumont SD model didn't get the reddy/orange plastic inner front fenders...would of been wicked cool.
I remember judging a car show in Highgate, ON. 20 years ago, and the plastic inner fender question came up / so rare of an option, two of the judges thought they were fake.
Quote: http://www.highdefforum.com/car-forum/115098-muscle-cars-1962-1972-a-151.html
General Motors was on top of the muscle car world in the mid-Sixties, with every automotive division offering some form of desirable high-performance two-door. Pontiac's Tempest Le Mans-based GTO was a home run, and Oldsmobile, Buick and Chevrolet wanted in on the action. In an attempt to add even more sizzle to the stylish 1966 GTO, Pontiac designers and engineers created red plastic inner-fender liners, a concept that Oldsmobile would adopt the following year.
Virtually buried in the ample factory options listing for the 1966 and 1967 GTO was option code 522, "Red plastic inner-fender liners." Designed to form-fit within the cars' steel inner fenders and accent the standard red line tires, these red fender liners could be specified with any body paint color, and added a subtle hint of drama to an already dramatic vehicle.
Quote:
The Oldsmobile units went a step further than Pontiac's in that, instead of simply covering the standard steel inner fenders up front, Oldsmobile actually replaced them with lightweight red plastic inner fenders; **the W-30's rear wheel wells were lined with red inserts, as per Pontiac practice. John notes that Oldsmobile's inner fenders used the same material as Pontiac's, and were injection-molded to more precise tolerances.
The 4-4-2 with the W-30 option would continue to use these red front inner fenders and rear fender liners after their 1968 redesign, and would use them through the 1971 model year, replacing the fronts with black plastic versions and deleting the rear liners for 1972. The red front inner fenders were modified with holes for ducting cool air from under the bumper into the engine compartment in 1968 and 1969, and the limited-production Peruvian Silver 1968 Hurst Olds also sported these colorful accents with special ducting. The Parts Place Inc. (630-365-1800) currently sells reproduction inner fenders and liners for 1968-'71 4-4-2 W-30 cars, but it's no surprise that they are substantially costlier than standard metal versions.
http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/...feature23.html
Too Nice for Tar http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2008/06/01/hmn_feature23.html
Giving GM's muscle machines a splash of color down under.
- Virtually buried in the ample factory options listing for the 1966 and 1967 GTO was option code 522, "Red plastic inner-fender liners." Designed to form-fit within the cars' steel inner fenders and accent the standard red line tires, these red fender liners could be specified with any body paint color, and added a subtle hint of drama to an already dramatic vehicle.
- In creating their ultimate 4-4-2, Olds-mobile decided to borrow a page from Pontiac's book and make red inner fenders part of 1967's factory-installed W-30 option package. The Oldsmobile units went a step further than Pontiac's in that, instead of simply covering the standard steel inner fenders up front, Oldsmobile actually replaced them with lightweight red plastic inner fenders; the W-30's rear wheel wells were lined with red inserts, as per Pontiac practice. John notes that Oldsmobile's inner fenders used the same material as Pontiac's, and were injection-molded to more precise tolerances.
Just my opinion, but I always thought the rare orange inners on Goats & 442s were butt-ugly. An eyesore. Rare doesn't equal beauty.
If you want plastic, buy a new car.
I think anything that has a hint of performance is cool like the ducting
Built in. But the Chevelle & Beaumont inners had no distinct
Advantage. If they crack, they look bad. I will keep my eye out this summer
To see what they look like on an A body. I seem to remember mine
Were cracked about 2 decades ago when I bought my Beaumont & replaced with some used
Metal ones. So if not restoring , I think the consensus is to stick to metal.
On my W30 car I spray painted them inside and out looked mint
orange and red are for tuner cars or lifted trucks
In an Oldsmobile....I like them just as Olds made them in RED
Dan