1956 Ford F-100 - F-100 Fenders Fitment Fabrication

As this piece will be butt-welded to the bottom of the bed side, he marked where the sheet-metal would need to be bent (two short, darkened lines).

Using the table saw, he cut out the component.

With the press break, he made a uniform 1-inch bend in the metal.

Prior to trial fitment of the newly made piece, Carlos held his handiwork.

Making the fender bottom even with the bottom of the bed side does look cleaner. No Limit also realized it looks a bit boxy.

Carlos created a cardboard template to fill in the gap between the fender and the bottom of the bed side.

Since the fill piece would be three-dimensional, he next cut the width pieces.

Back at the table saw, he cut the triangular piece.

With a hammer and the edge of the workbench, Carlos hammer-formed the pie-shaped piece.

In preparation for welding the piece to the fender, he sanded the cut edges smooth in the belt sander.

He welded the three-dimensional triangle in place.

With the bed-side fill piece MIA, he ground the excess weld material smooth.

After re-clamping the bed-side bottom piece into position to confirm the best fit with the 3D triangle fill piece, Carlos finished grinding the welded surfaces. The Sharpie line on the bed-side metal indicates where more cutting will take place.

Once Carlos removed the bed-side piece, he cut the desired shape in the metal with the band saw.

If we conducted a poll for how many CCT readers prefer the No Limit Engineering look on the top to the stock look on the bottom, we'd get 100 percent in favor of the No Limit piece...

...Watch for more custom work on the '56 F-100 giveaway truck in our next issue!