Wanted: 94-96 Fleetwood passenger front air dam and wheelhouse extension
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dmg4 Moderator
Posts : 1125 Join date : 2014-08-13 Age : 70 Location : Geneva, New York
Subject: Wanted: 94-96 Fleetwood passenger front air dam and wheelhouse extension Tue Oct 02, 2018 5:17 am
I am told that these are made of unobtanium, but one can dream.
Like many before me, I am looking for parts labeled #79 and #89 in the attached image, but for the Passenger Side. However, given that the wheelhouse extension has all of the structural integrity of a dried leaf, if you find a good drivers' side piece I'll buy it and put it aside for later.
Dick Santana
Posts : 22 Join date : 2018-04-11
Subject: Re: Wanted: 94-96 Fleetwood passenger front air dam and wheelhouse extension Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:00 am
I have part #89, for Both Sides and the Middle They are New Old Stock, if I remember, I'll take photo's of them all in the morning.
Whoops..... corrected to add.... The ones I have are Buick Roadmaster NOT Cadillac
DBeaSSt Admin
Posts : 2585 Join date : 2008-11-04 Age : 54 Location : Front Royal, VA
Subject: Re: Wanted: 94-96 Fleetwood passenger front air dam and wheelhouse extension Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:32 am
Yeah, I need the '79' part for both sides of mine.
At this point, I think I"m just going to try to make something out of thin sheet metal. Cannot find them anywhere.
Good luck!
Buicknutt
Posts : 216 Join date : 2012-02-10 Location : Cali for now
Subject: Re: Wanted: 94-96 Fleetwood passenger front air dam and wheelhouse extension Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:03 pm
Well I just found 2 drivers side ones in my rafters that I forgot about
Fred Kiehl
Posts : 7282 Join date : 2009-11-13 Age : 76 Location : Largo, FL 33774
Subject: Re: Wanted: 94-96 Fleetwood passenger front air dam and wheelhouse extension Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:13 pm
Buicknutt wrote:
Well I just found 2 drivers side ones in my rafters that I forgot about
Make a mold, and make fiberglass copies. They are made of unobtainium.
Buicknutt
Posts : 216 Join date : 2012-02-10 Location : Cali for now
Subject: Re: Wanted: 94-96 Fleetwood passenger front air dam and wheelhouse extension Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:47 pm
Too late, I just looked at them and they turned to dust
Fred Kiehl
Posts : 7282 Join date : 2009-11-13 Age : 76 Location : Largo, FL 33774
Subject: Re: Wanted: 94-96 Fleetwood passenger front air dam and wheelhouse extension Sun Mar 03, 2019 11:26 pm
That is why they call it splody plastic.
dmg4 Moderator
Posts : 1125 Join date : 2014-08-13 Age : 70 Location : Geneva, New York
Subject: Re: Wanted: 94-96 Fleetwood passenger front air dam and wheelhouse extension Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:25 am
I took one that was in several pieces on the passenger side and reassembled it like a 3D jigsaw puzzle using cyanoacrylate (Crazy) glue. Then I coated it with mesh tape and epoxy, and finished it off with two coats of black Flex Seal. It's much more robust than a new one. Lastly, I embedded metal washers in the epoxy at all the attachment points, as these inevitably crack during removal and reinstallation. I did the same with a NOS unit for the one that was missing from the driver side of the car to keep it from self-destructing.
These parts are tucked up in a place where they can be quite ugly as long as they do the job of keeping mud, stones, and water inside the wheelhousing. I would not bother replacing the original part without some reinforcement. It's one stone away from being a pile of plastic shards.
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