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EFV-8 Club Forum / General Mercury Discussion / 1949-51 Mercury Fender Skirt Clips

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56MarkII

07-30-2017 @ 9:11 PM

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Those who know what happens if you don't have the 8L 7328006 clips installed know what I'm talking about. I purchased a set of metal 1949-50 Mercury skirts not knowing about the above mentioned clips and when I tried them on in the opening, the top ledge of the wheel opening started to bend down when I lifted the bottom lever into place. Realizing damage was going to occur I stopped and checked my parts book to see what hardware is used and this is where I noticed clips shown and I need these clips installed. Most if not all of the used skirts for sale don't have these and everybody is in a d*mn hurry to yank these skirts and leave the clips behind prob not knowing about them. Where can I get these clips or how can they be fabricated to prevent carnage? Please help because my car looks naked without them.

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08-03-2017 @ 7:25 AM

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The reinforcement is spot welded in place on my 53 Lincoln. It is an 'L" shaped piece 4" long. The Lincoln fender was made for skirts, so the reinforcement is different can be spot welded in place. The thickness is about 3/64" and the vertical section of the L is just a little longer than the rod that clamps the skirt to the fender.

I would guess that the dimensions would be the same for your Mercury, but the shape would be different to accommodate the lip on your fender. Yours would have to have a "S" shape at the fender opening, so it would clamp on and then a flat surface 4" or more in length and a little higher then the clamp rod. It would have to fit tight against the fender, so it would also have mimic any curvature in the fender.

Another option is to check with junk yards that have Mercury parts.

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08-05-2017 @ 2:34 PM

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Looking at it in the parts book it resembles a folded over peice of steel (same principle as those clips pushed onto panels etc. that screws anchor or screw into) with a slight raised lip that the rod can hook onto and not slip off. It looks like it is pushed onto the ledge. It definitely is needed as the ledge started to bend and would have been severely damaged. It bent slightly but I used a clamp and steel to straighten and luckily the metal didn't get stretched. I was quite surprised because my 59 Ford didn't need any additional reinforcement with my skirts. Later on I will post a scan of the parts manual showing this. This item is obviously often overlooked by people pulling skirts and selling them on ePay. Merle has them but wanted $75 bucks and by the time I throw on 30% for exchange and swindle fees plus shipping they will prob be $125+++ by the time I get them. A lot of coin for two small clips. I guess I will have to figure out how to make them because these cars barely exist up here where I live and what there is quite often didn't have skirts (or the scavengers circled around and snapped them up) I'm guesstimating they (the clips)are probably 3 inches long. A strip spot welded on would make sense instead of this wrap around setup. The bottom part of the clip gets pressed into the skirt rubber seal I would think. I will have to take a close look here because I need new seals for these and this I will have to order in. At least the wire for the seals is still with them.

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08-07-2017 @ 7:03 AM

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The original skirts for your car appear to overlap the wheel opening and the rubber seal would push against the fender above the wheel opening.

The reinforcement needs to be on the wheel opening lip and maybe as much as 2" up the fender. If you make them, I would go with the 4" length used on my Lincoln, if the wheel opening curvature and fender curvature will allow it. The torsion lever to hold the skirt in place, is quite stiff and the longer piece will distribute the force over a larger area.

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