Rusted-Out Pickup Fitted With “Tire Fenders”

Rusted-Out Pickup Fitted With “Tire Fenders” PICKUPS Miscellaneous Dave Gilbertson needed to replace the rusted-out fenders on back of his 1995 Mazda B2600 1/2-ton pickup but he didn’t want to spend the money at a body shop So he came up with an inexpensive solution He cut the sidewall off a rear tire from a small tractor then cut it in half to form a pair of 1-ft wide arches He then bolted the arches onto the pickup The inner part of each arch faces outside and forms a bulge somewhat like a factory fender “It was a good way to keep an older pickup going without having to spend a lot of money ” says Gilbertson “I bought the pickup 2 years ago with more than 200 000 miles on it for only $200 The front wheel fenders were still in good shape but the rear wheel fenders had rusted so bad that most of the metal in a strip about 2 in above the wheel was gone My tire fenders bolt onto the good metal that was left ” Gilbertson does a lot of gardening and yard work and says his small Mazda is really handy for those kinds of chores “I don’t drive this pickup on the highway much so I’m not too concerned with how it looks But it helps that I have a black pickup because the tire fenders blend in with it ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dave Gilbertson P O Box 123 Fosston Minn 56542 ph 218 280-4248; Dagilbertson43@gmail com

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