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Old 22-07-12, 02:14
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Does anybody know of a source for the kind of twisted(?) wire that gives the spring to canvas mudflaps? Does anybody even know what that kind of wire is called?

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Hi Harry..
This is just a round spring steel basic wire ..comes n a roll and it is formed as you like..
Sanvik make tons of it ..Check this out here..
Once you know what to call it it is easy to find..
http://www.smt.sandvik.com/en/produc...s/spring-wire/
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Old 22-07-12, 05:55
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Old 15-08-12, 03:43
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Didnt I have a mudflap resto in one of the convoy mags? IM pretty sure there was.

I had two originals, the small ones were still on my C60..heavily painted over which had completely protected them throughout the decades, and damaged large rear ones.

to repro, the larger rear, I was loaned an NOS flap to use as a pattern.

There were NO metal reinforcements/stiffeners in either. adding lateral reinforcement were fibreboard strips in the very bottom section. with a thin (!) amount of horsehair filler in each section to give a slight volume and padding(?)

when I reprod my large rear ones, I used a metal plate instead of the fibreboard to give added weight in addition to lateral stiffness.
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