This is MY 67 Camaro

[Sonar Chief]

Thought I'd throw in some pix of the original and the patch clamped in the original spot


Bottom flange even w drop off original

The original panel before I cut em off with step

Any comments would be appreciated!
Thanks

[makoshark]

I'm cornfused as to what you are referring to as a step

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by makoshark

I'm cornfused as to what you are referring to as a step

See where the clamp is holding the panel on in the previous post- that is where the original panel is supposed to end, and now I rolled the panel under (clamp in same place on drop off) and it makes the quarter curve under and this step will get cutoff!
The two sharpie lines shows how much I lowered the patch and rolled under.

Clear as mud? Wished I could draw a line on the pix.

[makoshark]

Considering reproduction parts are never correct, I would do whatever I had to do to the repop part to make it fit and look like the original did.

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by makoshark

Considering reproduction parts are never correct, I would do whatever I had to do to the repop part to make it fit and look like the original did.

Yeah they're not so good ... thought I'd put up some pix to see what others thought - it's tough to see the diff.
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[makoshark]

Unfortunately, that is the nature of repop parts. They simply do not fit like they are suppose to fit. That is why I went with NOS quarters and NOS outer wheel houses. They cost me some coin, but the time saved from not have to 'make' them fit made up for their initial cost. Just keep plugging away on those panels and you will get them to fit. You'll have to do some slicing here and there to get them to the original shape. It's only more work

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by makoshark

Unfortunately, that is the nature of repop parts. They simply do not fit like they are suppose to fit. That is why I went with NOS quarters and NOS outer wheel houses. They cost me some coin, but the time saved from not have to 'make' them fit made up for their initial cost. Just keep plugging away on those panels and you will get them to fit. You'll have to do some slicing here and there to get them to the original shape. It's only more work

I expected some mods w these patches, but I wasn't gonna replace a good quarter for the small amount of rust, ya know! My second set of front fenders are NOS GM and I bought them back in '98 from Rick's Lucked out!

It's only more work that's the reason we're doing this!

[Steve68]

Nice work!! just went through 10 pages!!!,

where in CO are you?? have friends in Denver, Longmont,

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by Steve68

Nice work!! just went through 10 pages!!!,

where in CO are you?? have friends in Denver, Longmont,

Thanks for the compliment, I am Northern Co, Ft Collins.... it's cold as heck right now, oh yeah -it's winter

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[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by ratman67

make sure you give the grinders a few drops of oil EVERY time u use them . also there is a grease zerk fitting on the 90* grinders for the gears in the head, grease it once a month of heavy use. they should last a lot longer if you do this, the snap on and matco's are not cheap

Yep ... I got the IR Super Duty 3102 with the oiler/grease tool, I oil and grease every time before I use it. My craftsman has the same grease fitting on the 90* but no one ever told me about the greasing the head - I even read the instructions Oh well, I'll return it to Sears.
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