Wheel well body repairs

[zazus62]

I recently acquired a 1962 Bambi that needs some body work at the curbside wheel well. Apparently a tire change resulted in torn aluminum at roughly 1 and 11 o'clock for a length of approximately 4" each place. I understand this is not uncommon. Has anyone ever seen a repair incorporating a bolt-on "fender skirt" piece? While not original, these combined with larger underlying wheel cutouts, could be removed when replacing tires and hopefully prevent future problems.

[Moonshot]

Some of those fender skirts like the old teardrop trailers had on them might be attractive looking.

The guy from vintageairstream.com had to repair his fender skirt. Here's a link to that page:

http://www.vintageairstream.com/Myrtle/axle.html

Scott

[Inland RV Center, In]

How about using the current single wheel well moldings.

A side benefit is that it makes it much easier to change a tire.

Andy