As indicated in an earlier thread, I happened upon a pair of NOS Jaguar Replacement fenders a few months ago that have been in storage for 25 years. We are at the stage in the restoration of the XJ6 that we can now deal with the fender replacement. The first thing we did was scuff the inside of the new fenders and apply some paint to them before we install them. I learned something interesting about Jaguar craftsmanship. The fenders are not just a stamped shell. They are actually welded together in places that one would expect it to be one solid stamped sheet of steel.

I have attached the below pictures so you can see the area that is often hidden by the factory tar sprayed on the fenders.

 

those are clean welds for the era... i've seen blobs of weld as big as my thumb inside some cars. somebody took great pride in their work.