Inner fender raised hinge area

[ronscuda]

Haven't been on here in a few but just starting to get back to restoring... I have a question about the inner fenders on my 70 cuda. I have rust around my mounting area for my hood hinge which I was going to patch but they have raised areas front and back of the mounting hole. I have 2 new AMD inner fenders and they have no raised edge so it is not what I thought I was getting.. Is there any other panels that are more accurate or is this what I should use? Would I be better off keeping my original metal and patching it.. But I do have 2 more small areas on each inner fender so I thought it would be smarter to replace it in one piece? Any help is much appreciated

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[challenger6pak]

Post some pics so we can see what needs to be done.

 

[ronscuda]

Here is a picture of the raised area I was referring to. The hole in the center I believe my hinge mounts there plus two more towards the cowl. I bought 2 new inner fenders from AMD and they do not have that raised area. Should I look for a better panel or use the AMD without the raised area?

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[challenger6pak]

Your raised area is because of rust under the metal. It should be flat.

 

[ronscuda]

It was mentioned to me that it may be rust that bulged the area but it looked pretty uniform to me so I was skeptical. I think I have seen a dynacore panel that had the same buldges?? I guess I can't do any better than the AMD panels I already bought? Thanks for the help

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[Adam]

Yes, the area should be flat.