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Originally Posted by Sparky67
I talked to Jack a little later on your problem. He has around 56 years experience in doing bodywork on cars. Jack was hesistant on on doing lead work on sail panel in this area. Anyway, he said that the best option is replace the quarter panel with a NOS quarter panel. Although, it is more expensive option. Just that it will take less work in fitting the NOS quarter panel to you car, compared to using a repro quarter panel. From the photos, it looks like you have some fitment problems with repro quarters.
Anyway, I planned to keep my car a number of years, since it is my first car that I bought in 1983. I don't mind spending a little more on quality NOS parts, as long it will last in the future.
Jeff
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I was actually quite impressed with the fit of the repro panel. There's one area around the trunk gutter that needs a little work, but that's it. The photos you're seeing are of the new metal literally pulled out of the box and thrown on the car. The body man hasn't even started massaging the metal yet. I look for it to fit even better once he tweaks it a little. I can tell you that all the gaps line up exactly like the original. i had him take measurements on the rear glass area as well as the trunk gaps, and it matched the original exactly. Maybe I just got lucky with the panel I received.
I'll probably be buying a new quarter this week. I've contacted every resto shop and builder I know of trying to locate a patch, but it's not looking good. I guess I'll just have to pull out the old check book...again!
Chris