Purple turbo 240D
Purple turbo 240D
for those horribly glued on fenders, what I did on my 1980 240 was using an angle grinder, I cut a groove along the top of the rusted out fender all the way to the front. I was then able to remove the whole fender pretty easy, and after that slowly with a box cutter peeled off the glued on inner portion.
Was still a PITA, but it did preserve the straightness of the inner fender, which was also seriously rotten.
Like said above, all you need to do is bash this sucker out to a more or less straight line, then carefully rework the gap with the hood when you have a replacement fender.
In the meantime, someone may want the one your took off for OEM patch material. Id hold onto it until you have a new fender, the fact that it isn't rusted means you can use pieces of it to possibly repair a rusted fender if thats all you can find.
Also, all the movement may have opened a gap or crack in the sealant on that inner fender. Before you permanently attach a new fender, id probably closely inspect and wire wheel off any cracked areas and repaint and rubbercoat just in case. All this work would be a shame if the inner fender started to rot out on you