180A rear fender

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tribouboys

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I know there are rear fenders that are interchangeable between body styles but wondered if there is a rear fender that is interchangeable with the 180A ??
Is there anyone on Fordbarn that has a really nice/nos passenger rear for a 180A??
 
The 180-A DeLuxe Phaeton uses the same rear fenders as a '30-31 coupe, Sport Coupe, roadster and pickup truck. That broadens your search base.
Marshall
 
Marshall V. Daut said:
The 180-A DeLuxe Phaeton uses the same rear fenders as a '30-31 coupe, Sport Coupe, roadster and pickup truck. That broadens your search base.
Marshall
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Thought there was a difference like the fender was like the ones you mentioned but had an additional skirt or piece? Maybe thinking of a different part.
 
Sedan fenders had an inner "skirt" panel in the rear that was beneath the rear fender brace and was bolted to the body and in some cases to the rear valence, but not the "coupe" fenders on the list I posted.
Marshall
 
the 180 A rear fenders are all on their own. they are like a 30-31 coupe, but they have an inner skirt similar to the sedan rear fenders. they are hard to come by.
 
The inner skirt can be easily made and integrated into a 30-31 coupe/roadster fender.
Repop on eBay right now. Close to original.
 
If that is true, I stand corrected. I have a pair of fenders from my 1931 DeLuxe Phaeton in the basement. I will unpack them and examine them, assuming they are original to the car I bought.
Two years ago I spent a couple days hand scraping paint off the rear fenders from a different DeLuxe Phaeton I once owned. I don't recall seeing anything different about those fenders from the typical coupe fender.
TBD...
Marshall
 
Well, shut my mouth! I just unwrapped the rear fenders from my late 1931 DeLuxe Phaeton that I had painted 20+ years ago while still living in Arizona. They've been in storage ever since. I see now that there is, in fact, the same skirt that was used in sedan rear fenders. I am guessing that the rear fenders I scraped clean two years ago were from a coupe/roadster, as I don't remember scraping an inner skirt, too. Those fenders are no longer here, though, so I can't check them.
Apparently, a coupe/roadster rear fender will fit a DeLuxe Phaeton body, but unless that inner skirt is added, it won't be authentic. Someone must have swapped fenders on that other DeLuxe Phaeton, while mine still has the original fenders. Photos of my fenders are below.
Thanks for the correction. That's what I get for not finishing the car 20 years ago! :)
Marshall
 

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the 180A rear fender is all by itself the skirt is like the sedaan fender and the rear valance bollts to it. if you use a coupe /roadster / pick up fender you will not have any place to attach the rear valance. The rear valance is harder to find than the fenders.
 
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