<VV> Re: Fender blending/bending - NO specific CORVAIR

[airvair]

Sounds like Wikipedia needs to update that from a 1920's description. Or
at least an American version... (G) But yea, that's a good starting
point.

-Mark

J R Read_HML wrote:
> 
> Fender (automobile)
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>   For the part of an automobile designed to absorb minor impacts, see
> Bumper.
> Fender is the US English term for a portion of an automobile body that
> frames a wheel well. In British English, the fender is called the wing
> (usually only referring to the panels over the front wheel arches, in modern
> cars, since the rear 'fenders' are more an integral part of the car's body
> shape). Usually a passenger automobile will have four fenders, with one over
> each wheel well.
> 
> A minor car accident is often called a 'fender bender'.
> 
> Fenders were sometimes mounted over the wheels of horseless carriages.
> 
> Cars with white wall tires usually have curb finders attached to the fender
> 
> Later, JR