FENDER SKIRTS MOUNTING - Need help

I just bought a 1941 Commander and found some used fender skirts. However the skirts don't have any mounting hardware with them. Does someone have a 1941 Stude with skirts and would you be willing to take a few pictures of how they are mounted? (a picture is worth a thousand words) - Thanks. John in NJ

I don't have any pictures (skirts are not installed) but my aftermarket skirts just have two tabs (one on each end). Screws went through those tabs into the bottom of the fender.

I don't have any pictures (skirts are not installed) but my aftermarket skirts just have two tabs (one on each end). Screws went through those tabs into the bottom of the fender.

Nvonada - thanks for the reply. OK I get what you are saying. I assume that the tabs are flat pieces of metal about 2 inches long and 1/2 inch wide with holes on either end. Then they are bolted through the lip of the fender and the lip of the skirt. But what keeps the skirt from rocking back and forth at the top of the skirt? No bolt there? Also is there supposed to be any gasket type material between the fender perimeter and the skirt? Thanks - John in NJ.

(Also - I have a heavy manifold leak. I'll try taking off the manifold and see if the gasket is burned or if it is a crack in the manifold. Any advice on the job? - Thanks)

jwb,

There is a lip all around the "arch" of the fender skirt that "hooks" around the curve of the wheel arch. My skirts have some thin rubber (old inner tube maybe?) glued into it. This lip is what holds the skirt in place. The tabs on the bottom just keep it from falling off.

There was just a discussion about exhaust manifold leaks a couple of weeks back. Search the forum and it should turn up. Your Commander 6 is very different from my Champion 6. Hope your manifold is not cracked but I would bet it is not. On my car the nuts and studs were in really bad shape from years of rust and exhaust leaks. But that is all pretty easy to replace.

Nathan

jwb,

There is a lip all around the "arch" of the fender skirt that "hooks" around the curve of the wheel arch. My skirts have some thin rubber (old inner tube maybe?) glued into it. This lip is what holds the skirt in place. The tabs on the bottom just keep it from falling off.

There was just a discussion about exhaust manifold leaks a couple of weeks back. Search the forum and it should turn up. Your Commander 6 is very different from my Champion 6. Hope your manifold is not cracked but I would bet it is not. On my car the nuts and studs were in really bad shape from years of rust and exhaust leaks. But that is all pretty easy to replace.

Nathan

Nathan - thank you so much. That explanation was a great help! Enjoy your Studebaker!

John in NJ

Nathan, thanks for the heads up about the exhaust manifold leak discussion. However I couldn't seem to find it. What specific key words did you use to locate it? Thanks. John in NJ

Whups! Wrong forum. I was thinking the SDC forums. Here is a link to the conversation I was thinking about:

http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?9397-intake-exhaust-manifold-gasket

I searched on "exhaust manifold gasket leak" and got two pages of hits. So you are not alone...

Pages on my web site about the manifold:

http://stude.vonadatech.com/wp/engine-removal-and-cleanup/engine-manifold-repair/

http://stude.vonadatech.com/wp/manifold-gasket-replacement/

Whups! Wrong forum. I was thinking the SDC forums. Here is a link to the conversation I was thinking about:

http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?9397-intake-exhaust-manifold-gasket

I searched on "exhaust manifold gasket leak" and got two pages of hits. So you are not alone...

Pages on my web site about the manifold:

http://stude.vonadatech.com/wp/engine-removal-and-cleanup/engine-manifold-repair/

http://stude.vonadatech.com/wp/manifold-gasket-replacement/

NVonada, WOW! Thanks. I appreciate it. Also I am really enjoying your website. Though I have a Commander yet so much of your Champion applies to my car. Blessings!

John in NJ