Fender flares

New to the speedster owners site. Built my classic motor carriage 22 years ago. Still solid. Anyone know where to get mild fender flares?

Graham:

Wow! An "old Timer" Speedster!!

Don't know of anyone selling just the fender flares - folks usually just make them up free-style on an existing body, but you could try contacting Kirk Duncan at Vintage Speedsters, Carey Hines at Beck(he's registered on here as "chines") or Henry Reisner at Intermeccanica up in Vancouver to see if they have some body sections that they can sell to you.

Gordon
One of the "Speedstah Guys" in Beaufort

If you live near Alan Merklin, there is an upholsterer who - I believe - added flares to a stock CMC and has it in his shop. Alan might be able to email you the guy's location.

Thanks guys, I'm in Vancouver now so I'll check with Intermeccanica.

Graham ,

Bruce has a memory like sponge !
There is a body shop out by me in Shippensburg Pa that did a great job on a stock to flared "conversion "...
I would have to dig for the information , email me if this is of interest and I'll send out my "Private Eye" and track the shop down .

Alan

Graham,
Welcome to the site. Your speedster looks awesome! Love the shaved door handles.
Terry

Hey Graham, Bring your car to Carlisle and join in the fun!!

BD

I'm hoping to. Unfortunately, I'm in Vancouver working on a movie until August, but I'll try to get home for the weekend. Never realized there was a speedster gathering at Carlisle. Been there for other shows.

Welcome, Graham. Good looking car. I hope you can join us, you won't be disappointed.

Ditto the Welcome!

Hey what color is your ride, it's very sharp!

Jerome

Graham,
Welcome!
We're almost neighbors! I live in Phoenixville, near Valley Forge Park.

Greg B.

It's Sherwin Williams Ultra 7000. Cranberry Metallic # 59333. painted about 2 years ago when I shaved the handles and lost the bumpers.

Just don't expect one manufacturers fender flares (assuming you can actually get some) to actually fit another manufacturers body. My two cents is that every mold is different. And not many are actually symmetrical, left to right.

Here's the question going the other way: Can you remove the fender flares to have the more classic look?

(Possible good deal)

"Classic look" is only relative to personal experience. The first flared speedster I ever saw was at the old Watkins Glen road races in the late fifties or early sixties. It was a very crude looking flare on thoroughly beat racer. I thought it was the meanest looking vehicle I had ever seen. By comparison, I was driving my father's '56 sh-- brown 2 door Plymouth sedan, so by comparison, probably anything else would have looked pretty good.

Graham Place,

Are you still out there and are you coming to Carlisle this year?

ECB