Left side repro wing

 On to the LH fender.

The area around the turn signal was malformed on this fender. After looking at dozens of photos online, I saw a couple more MGBs that were finished with this same malformed spot. So I know that this aftermarket fender was made on inaccurate tooling, not just the example I got. The defect is too obvious for me to let go, so I fixed it. 

Because of the excess bulge, there would have been a lot of extra metal to make disappear. The bump needs to be 'shrunk', which is done by heating to red-hot, then tapping down while still red-hot. This shrinks by thickening the metal, and when it cools, it shrinks further from contraction. 

Finally, the metal is finish-shaped with hammer and dolly.

 

NOS reproduction front wings

 The original front wings on the car were going to need major metal straightening. The entire front ends are sculpted out of thick bondo.

Then I found this pair of NOS reproduction by Tasker on ebay. Quality of fit remains to be seen. But for $125 each it was worth the gamble.  

As usual with new sheetmetal, there are often some corrections to the metalwork needing to be done. These new fenders are no exception. Before even trying to fit them to the car, I've noticed some imperfections that needed attending to.

The lower edge of the headlight area of this right-side fender had too much radius to the bend. It was much too rounded compared to any originals I've seen. And it was more rounded than the left-side fender from the same vendor.

I didn't have a 'gold-standard' car to compare against, but I decided that this feature line should be tightened up a bit. So a bit of fine tuning with the body hammer was done while I had easier access to the inside area before mounting