I am doing a frame off restoration on a 70SS396 and I was wondering which is the better inner fenders to use for a show quality/originality standpoint.

Dennis,

I would go with whatever your car came with, if palstic use plastic, if steel use steel. My 70 had steel so I stayed with steel.

Rich

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Richr,
How can you know what the inner fenders came with originally?
This isn't listed on the build sheet.

My 69 had plastic but I used steel (Goodmark) because they look better, are paintable (you choose gloss), and are less cost. I've heard good quality, accurate repros of the plastic ones aren't available.

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von '69 300 Dlx SS TC #15 ACES #1575

my 69 SS had steel, my 69 malibu had plastic. i prefer the steel because they're paintable.

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Derek Kiefer
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69 Chevelle SS 396/325hp 3spd man., 12-bolt 3.31 gears lemans blue, no engine
69 Chevelle Malibu 350/250hp, TH350, 10-bolt 2.56 gears, dark cloisonne met. (purplish blue)
23 Ford Model T runabout, stock 20hp 4cyl (i know it's a ford but it's still fun to drive...slowly)

"If it was really worth doing, i would have already done it"

True I don't know what his car came with originally, I was assuming he had removed either one during his resto, excuse me for not being clear, in my case my car originally came with steel.

Rich

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70 SS - L34
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I agree with the steel guys. That's what it came with. Just my .02

Just curious guys with the 69 original steel inner cars, which plant were they built at and whats your build date? Thanks

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Micky Hale Restorations
69 L-89 Chevelle
68 Biscayne 427/425
34 Plymouth Drag Car
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It came with steel. Kanass City and April of 1970. It's a 1970 El Camino.

My '71SS was built in Van Nuys. I can say with a certain amount of certainty that it came with plastic inner fenders from the factory.

While detailing this thing underneath the hood this past summer, I came across something that was very perplexing. I found a plastic one on the passenger side, steel on the driver's side!!! Huh???? After getting everything out of the engine compartment, I also noticed where the frame had been heated up on the driver's side. Started to make a little more sense. I deduced that the driver's side had been thumped hard enough to have to replace it with a steel inner fender. The plastic one on the passenger side was all busted up on top. I replaced it with a steel one, sand blasted the one on the driver's side and repainted. They look great!!! The steel is a little more difficult to work with on alignment but I think you will be happier with it.

Thanks guys for the input the car has steel inner fenders at this time sounds like I will stay with them.
P.S. GREAT SITE FOR A CHEVELLE NUT!!!

71LS5,
Finding a plastic one on the passenger side isn't unusual. Remember that is the side with the battery and lots of corrosion over the years. Plastic ones last longer in that instance. However, mine is plastic on the passenger side and has a couple of splits where it hooks to the fender.

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Better Late than Never Fred
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Both my wife's '70 Chevelle and mine came with plastic inner fenders when we bought them new in 1970. When I replaced mine in the late '70's because of cracks, the local Chevy parts department supplied steel replacements. Her car was built in Baltimore and mine in Arlington.

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MalibuJerry350
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