Posted by Brian in Oregon on Saturday, July 28, 2001 at 0:41AM :
In Reply to: Re: What do you mean by "flat fenders"? posted by Jon in Mississippi on Friday, July 27, 2001 at 8:03PM :
Early cars and trucks used simple fenders which had little or no compound curves. Like Model T fenders. During the 1930's, the big rounded 'aerodynamic' fenders came out. These were quite fragile for combat use, took longer to make, and used more material. So, among other companies, Dodge reverted to the non-compound curve fenders in 1941 on the 1/2 ton WC trucks, and continued them on the WWII 3/4 ton WC trucks, then postwar on the Power Wagons and the M37 family. I don't know when the term Flatfenders came into use, but it is a reasonable descr1ption of these non-compound curve fenders.
Here is a link to a website with lots of WWII Dodge photos. Check out the difference in the fenders between the 1940 VC series and the 1941 WC family.
http://enterprise.powerup.com.au/~djr/
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