I have a 67 Mustang Coupe that is going to need rear 1/4 panels like the previous post. Several replies stated "use the best quarters to avoid a nightmare".
Soooo - the questions are:
1. Which vendors make or repop the "best" quarters and other sheetmetal?
2. Who's had success with these?
3. What "nightmares" did you have with "less than the best" quarters?
Let's not try to "bash" any vendors by name but if someone is superior let's name them (free ad for best).
I would check out Dynacorn, they make complete reproduction classic Mustang bodies. I;m pretty sure they sell panels. Don't know for sure, but they may be US made.
I was thinking of them for my 67 coupe but I found both factory quarters from a Mustang here in New Mexico, rust free and lucked out. I;m nowhere close to putting them on but when I do I;ll post them up as I am going to need help as to where to cut them as they where cut short of the actual factory seam at the sail panel. DBM?
The nice thing about used parts is you can see how they're welded together without making the mistake of cutting your car first and if you make a bad cut on the used parts you wont do it on the car...
Peel away the layers of the chunk first so you'll know just what to do....
and you can use a regular drill bit to remove the welds save the spot weld drill for the car...
I'd rather use used parts for replacing 1/4s any day ....on any car...just be careful you dont buy a bondo'd up P.O.S. though...check them out very carefully.....
DBM here's what I have. I bought them already cut off. I'm thinking I should cut them in to my car right where they are already cut at the top? The rest will be just the spot welds. What should I do? I can start another thread.
Morgan,starting a thread might be a good idea.send some pics of the 1/4s you want to replace. The first step is toalign the doors and get good gaps all the way around BEFORE cutting anything were they cut with a torch or just the inner structure??
After you gap your doors you want to gain access to the inside by cutting away the skin , but dont go to close to the edges (I use 1 1/2" or 2" masking tape to mark it out)...like in this picture ,cutting away most of the skin makes the whole job easier...its my guess you'll need to order some inner panels ,they usually rust out first...like the wheel wells and extentions,after cutting away the skin you'll have a better idea of what you need...be careful around the wheel well you dont want to cut it by accident. I prefer an air chisel whith a panel ripper because theres less chance of cutting something by accident.
They sure didnt give you much extra with that 1/4... How good are your welding skills
I would check out Dynacorn, they make complete reproduction classic Mustang bodies. I;m pretty sure they sell panels. Don't know for sure, but they may be US made.
The last parts I got from Dynacom were a mix, some Taiwan, some China, and some from Canada. The Canadian parts were pretty good, but none of them were perfect.
I have a 67 Mustang Coupe that is going to need rear 1/4 panels like the previous post. Several replies stated "use the best quarters to avoid a nightmare".
Soooo - the questions are:
1. Which vendors make or repop the "best" quarters and other sheetmetal?
2. Who's had success with these?
3. What "nightmares" did you have with "less than the best" quarters?
Let's not try to "bash" any vendors by name but if someone is superior let's name them (free ad for best).
To "Turdpolisher" of georgetown Texas.
Where did you get the idea to use a name like "TURDPOLISHER" just curious.
Is that referring to your car maybe or is it something you stepped in.
You guys can try www.car-part.com the wrecking yard interchange and someone just may have what you need..and believe it or not craigslist as the neighbor just got a whole hulk for cheap that had a lot of what he needed from there..
You have never spoken a truer word. I had to weld pieces of 1/8 rod down the rear end of the "taiwanese" guard to "create" a parallel gap with the door, build up the height of the top of the guard with steel and putty so you didnt catch your coat on the front top edge of the door door as you walked pass, cut and reweld new rear bumper brackets, 1/2" too low, Stretch the mirror locating holes in one door to fit a wing mirror, and on it goes. You have to have a good workshop and plenty of skill to fit the most basic parts. Its a test of patience more than anything else. In the end you have to say"cant be beaten by this crap".
I picked up my imported tywonese universal ruler this morning on the high tide. Its a must for anyone who is also using after market parts from tywon. When those parts just dont quite fit, dont take out that block buster, just reach for the "SUPER RULE" and once you measure it, it will be near enough which will be good enough. It does have a drawback with small objects such as the knob on your door as you can see from the picture. :thumbup:
Turdpolisher is appropriate because I seem to always start with a really rough turd. See attachments. Then spend way too long bringing them back to life. But I do save them from the crusher!!
Thanks 67 Mustang - you really made my day. I am spending tomorrow at the beach searching for my ruler!
69 Chevelle is waiting for 350 SBC from machine shop.
67 Mustang on Auto Twiller (cause I can't spell the actual thing) installing floor pans, patching mulitple rust throughs, 351 W is awaiting is turn at machine shop.
53 Ford P/U finishing the polishing for road trip to SRN @ Louisville, Back to the Bricks in Flint and Woodward Dream Cruise. I am in Georgetown, Texas.
72 Cutlass in the "wings" when above are finished (ummmm maybe 442 clone?)
As we say here you must be busier than a one-armed wall paper hanger in a gale. What do you do in your spare time.
I am yet to finish this 67. Been nearly two years since it arrived here from the USA.
Just need to fit the "ezy-wiring loom" and put the inside guts back together, and ,,and.
You have a nice chevelle there. A mustnag nut here in town has just imported one from L.A. Yet to see it.
Wrecks to riches show has a feature resto on a Chevelle you probably would have seen.
If you want a"super rule" i will send it out at high tide. :thumbup:
Cheers from downunda.
Al.
The 69 Chevelle quarters (I replaced both) were puchased through OPG and they fit fairly well except the drivers side was a little over 1/4" shorter than the passenger side. We shimmed out the quarter panel extension, masked it, and them "floated the gap" with metal body filler. After grinding, sanding and a one coat of bondo it turned out excellent.
I also replaced the panel below the rear glass. These modifications left one big problem -- no drip rails on three sides of the trunk and no one I could find actually makes the inner drip rails for the trunk. Some catalogs offer them but they not in production as far as I know. Soooo -- I made my own. I cut strips of sheet metal 6" wide. I took these strips to a shop and had them bend them into a "J" configuration to original dimensions. I then cut the long leg of the "J" to 1" wider than the original width. I then shrank and stretched, bent and cussed until they fit. Welded them in and I have had a lot of "non-professionals" look at them and they can't tell that they are not stock. It was a lot of work but with no "repops" and salvage ones would be scrap by time you remove them, I had no other real choice but to remake.
53 Ford P/U to State Inspection tomorrow. Cut and Buff 1 door and 1 fender.
69 Chevelle engine back from machine shop tomorrow.
67 Mustang driver side floor pan final fit tomorrow.
Diddle wife in spare time!!!
Busy ,Busy , Busy
I've run into that same problem myself.......
with the weatherstrip channels not the wife
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