fender removal question

i want to remove the front fenders on my 76 mg midget. why you might ask? because im a glutton for punishment!

seriously, i want to sand blast the insides of all the fenders and rhino coat them for rust inhibition. trouble is im haveing some trouble figuring out how to remove the fenders.

the top and front of the front fenders are easy enuff, but the back of the front fenders is another story,i cant figure out how they are attached. hopefully this car will be going to the body shop soon for some much needed body repair,and new paint,i would like for the fenders to be coated inside for my own sense of security. i have a small blaster and i figured i would sand blast the rust off the inside of them and rhinocoat them. basically i dont want to do it when it has already been repainted. im lazy. any help would be awesome!!!!!! thanks in advance ....rich

There are a couple of bolts that hold tthe rear of the fender to the chassis. They are accessible from the footwell compartment inside the car. Remove the outer trim panel in the footwell and you should be able to get at the bolts.

Rick

ok...you have removed the bolts along the top of the fender, you have removed the bolts at the front apron. Probably should leave the bolt in at the top back corner just to keep the fender from falling. Remove the interior kick panels...you will find three, I think, bolts in a vertical line. Remove those and fender should now be easy to remove after taking out that last bolt on the top rear corner.

At the front there are two lowee bolts attaching the fender to the center section, two upper bolts that connect the fender to the panel where the hood latch is, one upper where the fender meets the cowl and two inside the cockpit outer side. The bottom piece of the fender that aligns with the rocker panel has two braces with captive nuts. The bolts in the cockpit goes into those braces.

Doesn't the 1500s have an extra bolt in the footwell all the way by the firewall.

so inside its 3 bolts in a row by the pillar and 1 way down in the footwell.

Thor had nice instructions

http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?3,730825,page=1

Don't forget the bolt up under the top of the fender, at the rear, which pulls it snug against the firewall.

NOW THEN. Unless you are VERY careful with that sand-blaster, you are probably going to warp those fenders. The heat will build up almost instantaneously, so cut the pressure down, point the nozzle at a 45 degree angle to the work and move quickly.
And don't waste time with rhino liner (I'm assuming you're talking about pick-up bed liner). You want something as glossy and tough as you can find, so that the water-born "crud" will not have any rough-textured surface to cling to. I prefer POR 15, or something similar, because when it hits clean, sand-blasted steel, it is pretty much impossible to remove without sand-blasting or some other very aggressive method.
Keep in mind that it's not the water, by itself, that causes the rust. It's the very fine particles of road dirt/dust, which are carried in the road-spray and cling to any roughness on the steel until enough of it has accumulated that it will hold moisture against the steel for extended periods of time. It also accumulates on top of the sill, in the area between the front wheel arch and the door post. If you can (carefully) sand-blast that area and apply POR 15, you'll have saved yourself some time, effort & money........if it's not already too late.
Hope you don't get any unpleasant surprises.

While you are at it, take off the trim piece (upholstery) immediately behind the doors (you may have to remove the seat belt bolt, at the bottom) and clean & dry the area at the base of the "dogleg"/top of the sill and shoot something like Waxoyl down in there, if it's not too late. The area between the rear fenders and the trunk floor extensions is also a place where road crud, dust & condensation (or road spray, depending on how well the area was sealed by the factory) to accumulate and do it's thing.

I could go on, but it's past my bed time :).
Now, get busy.

G'nite, guys.

Not just the 1500s. My 73 has that one too. 4 in the foot well. 2at the firewall, 3 under the front valance, 2 at radiator panel