one of my clubmates has done exactly that - he regularly rides our gravel rides on his old 90s claud butler, which for some reason has clearance for 40mm+ tyres. he even did the badger divide on it, I think
Old mudguard were at least 45mm wide in some bicycles, make sense that it have big clearance.
Even moreso if it was designed for 27 1 1/4 wheels
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one of my clubmates has done exactly that - he regularly rides our gravel rides on his old 90s claud butler, which for some reason has clearance for 40mm+ tyres. he even did the badger divide on it, I think