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: plastic vs. metal inner fenderwells 70isfine Apr 30th, 00, 5:01 PM what determined whether a car got plastic or metal inner fenderwells,on 70-72chevelles? ------------------ 70 chevelle,400cid turbo400.blue with silver stripes.http://members.spree.com/entertainment/ochrisl/ SSuper Dave Apr 30th, 00, 6:18 PM Whatever happened to be on hand that day! No specific times or plants, and have seen cars with one metal and one plastic. I prefer metal myself, as plastic cracks ------------------ "SSuper Dave" Palmer A.C.E.S. #1483 Team Chevelle #32 Gold 1968 Chevelle 1991 Z/28 1970 El Camino 70isfine Apr 30th, 00, 6:21 PM i know plastic cracks. that is what i have,and its cracked. i want to replace with metal ones.metal is cheaper too.thats why i asked. http://members.spree.com/entertainment/ochrisl/ ------------------ 70 chevelle,400cid turbo400.blue with silver stripes.http://members.spree.com/entertainment/ochrisl/ MoeMan Apr 30th, 00, 8:02 PM Dave is right, there was no pattern. It didn't matter where the cars were built or where they were being shipped to be sold. There have been many, many posts on this subject. To view some of them look to the top of this page where it says "search", then type in a key word like "inner fenders". Lots of members had or have ideas about what car got what or maybe different plants or northern vs southern cars.None of the theories seem to hold up. BLURAT May 1st, 00, 1:31 AM My 69SS was built at the Fremont Ca plant;had the plastic inners-they were toast by 1980 when I got the car.It never left Ca either...replaced them with original metal GM's in 1985.Shawn ------------------ halldor May 1st, 00, 5:00 AM My ´71 Malibu was built in the Baltimore plant,w/2 plastic inners havent got a good look at it yet,might be cracked ? HR DZAUTO May 1st, 00, 7:52 AM My 70 Malibu conv was DELIVERED (don't know where it was built) in Dayton OH. it has plastic. I am considering steel replacements. ------------------ Tom Parsons Keith Tedford May 1st, 00, 11:06 AM Slightly off topic but both of our Baltimore built '69s came with plastic inner fenders. Across the bottom rear lip is a sealing strip to keep debris from going up in behind the inner I guess. Do the steel inners use this strip as well? [This message has been edited by Keith Tedford (edited 05-01-2000).] rick May 1st, 00, 9:35 PM Keith yes, but i thought they were to prevent sqweeks. | ||