My personal opinion if the need of repair is great enough for the skin id go with the full quarter.the skin is a lot more work ad the is alot more of chance the the end result might not be as good.where as the full quarter goes in where the factory put it all if you play your cards right in installing the quarters no one can tell you did it.if the quarters just need small patch work thats one thing get the skin and use it for patch work.If you think you need to replace the whole area where the skin goes go with the full quarter.I had to replaces the quarters,one peice full floor pan, doors, hood , tailpanel , decklid ,deck filler panel,part of the fire wall,patch the lower fenders, on my 69 last winter i did all the work at home myself and im only 25 working on a gm mechanics paycheck and was trying to "budget" the restoration. I at first was going to install the skins but they do not look as nice in person as the do in the catalogs so i sent back the quarter skins and ordered the full quarters and i was very happy.this car does not look like its had any sheet metal replaced in the trunk or underneath you cannot tell because everything was repaired(except for the fender patches) where it was spot welded.so i guess to sum things up.Kevin in my opinion,go with the full quarters but thte end result is how much are you will to spend to get this car done and how good do you want it to turn out.I originally "budgeted" $14000 for a full resto,After nearing completion and still needing some fairly pricy items i have enough in this dang thing to buy a fully loaded new GTO.sI know you want to save money but to me if youre going to save it in a place that is easy to repalce later(like the engine or interior,something that can be taken out the winter) the body is not one of them.
