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Who should i buy my panels from

Started by NMike, December 26, 2007, 04:19:53 PM

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NMike

who should i get the body panels from? are they all made by the same company and just sold all over, or is there actually a fit and finish difference. i see the same stuff from sherman, paddock, year one etc, etc.

any i should avoid?

i need:

rear wheel wells, inner/outer
tailight panel
rear valance
dutchman panel
full floors both sides
front inner fenders
both rockers

i have the full size 1/4 patch panels, but i am waiting for the AMD full quarters before installing the patch panels.

69bronzeT5

I'd be interested in knowing this too.


I need:

-Quarters
-Left frame rail
-Torsion bar crossmember
-Rear valance
-Rear crossmember
-Spring Shackle pieces
-Front floor pans
-Trunk extensions
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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

gasoline_24

Auto Metal Direct is coming out with most if not all of the sheetmetal you are looking for.  Year One, Goodmark and others are also sources.

Silver R/T

check on ebay, most of these panels are available through most sellers on ebay. Most of the panels on there are from Goodmark, others are just reselling them.
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1968 silver/black/red striped R/T
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Troy

A lot of the parts are actually made by several vendors (like rear valences). Most of the older sheet metal (quarter skins?) is either made by Sherman or Goodmark with certain pieces being shared between the two (bumpers). Valence corners are Charger Specialties I believe. The taillight panel, dutchman panel, and full floors would have to be AMD but they have several dealers. I am not positive who makes the inner fenders and rockers but it's likely to be Sherman. Apparently Charger Specialties also has rockers that are supposedly much better. Last time I checked, outer wheel houses and valence corners needed a lot of work to fit right so I wish someone (maybe AMD) would make some that are correct. The inner wheelhouses fit multiple cars and seem to be much better. Check 69hemi's site for details on his restoration.

For the record, Year One doesn't actually make anything.

Troy
Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.

Lurker

i would avoid buying the rockers from sherman/cross canada, my rockers are almost totally rotted off and i think it will be less work to fix them than it will be to make the ones i got from cross canada fit. i am going to try the ones charger specialties sells as soon as my bank account gets over the christmas drain.

my outer wheel house i got from crosscanada, they look good but had minor fitment issues, i would recomend not using the whole peice and just trimming what you need off it so its way easier to fit it up properly.

the rear valance i got from crosscanada and it looks great, ihave only test fitted it so far and it looks to be %100.
1968 xp29 charger thats now rust free.. and trunk free and floorboard and quarterpanel free.
1972 b5/b5 318 barracuda patently waiting its turn.

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