Rust repair rear fender mounts

Has anyone documented the repair of the rear fender area, specifically rusted out fender mount holes? My '71 beetle is far beyond the point of just welding in the nut inserts. Upon inspection from inside the car, it looks like the PO had some sheetmetal welded over the rust out, and mounted the fenders with "self tapping" bolts. This repair is undetectable from the outside right now, but since I'm taking the whole car down to bare metal, I want to do it right, using as little filler as possible. Hopefully someone has taken some pics of this repair in the past and can post a link? I could use some inspiration before taking this on.

Thanks, Mike

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MK
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A comprehensive repair panel set is available for the rear of the bug. The bumper mouts are available seperately or if more is needed rear quarter panels inner wing(fender) sections, chassis mounts etc etc.

Check your local aircooled VW supplier or search online.

Rich

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tricky

Hi,

would a page from the body-repair-manual be helpful ?

Best Regards

Hans

MK wrote:

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Johann Ober

Had 15 VW's in my past, Now it's Fieros.. Had to post because some of the rot repairs your doing I have done many times..

Beware any replacement panels as most are crap japan attempts at getting the same shapes and they dont fit worth a damn...

Maybe my Fiero page can give you some ideas on how to repair ROT..

Enjoy!

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Rob

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Rob in NH

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