I bought a quarter panel patch panel that completely lacked the 1/4 inch reverse radius reveal around the wheel opening. The excuse from vendor was "the chrome hides that anyway". Well, not all of these cars had chrome. That is not a good explanation for crap workmanship. The same panel for the other side from the same vendor two years earlier was just fine. It depends what you want and what you expect. The best is if you can see the part first hand, say at a car show where they sell parts. After that, it will be handy to have skills to lengthen or shorten panels to fit, because unless it's original GM, it's not gonna fit right. That is why body shops don't take restoration work anymore. The can't set hours to a job when parts won't fit up.
Hmmm ... that patch panel looks exactly like the one that is currently sitting in my scrap pile. This is exactly why I'm asking the question - particularly for feedback on recent installs.
Didn't you know that the its a quick buck that rules the game. The savings will come back to haunt you. I went with original parts group when i looked at the part in real life not on the net. you can't see the details if its not in your hand. Most repops have slight problems but thats where skill comes into factor. Even with O E R, they have faults so you have to inspect it thoughly.
Okay, I've answered my own question. The inners are American Designers (made in Canada, oddly enough). The outers are Goodmark.
- Jake
But, Canada IS in America... North America. lol. I caught crap going through a Canadian toll booth once when I asked the lady if they took American money. She quickly and rudely corrected me saying that both currencies are American and that my money was U.S. money. I have never forgotten that... haha
I bought a Goodmark patch for this driver's side. (It is really thin, but I don't need to use much of the part).
It fits closer. I have cut it to fit, but I stopped work on the car last fall due to other obligations. It is a bit short inside the wheel arch. I will have to extend that fold by 1/8" and that will be a hella PITA so the panel extends past the inner whee house. The rest of the panel fits better, so I will work with it. Ames told me "never had complaint" and "the chrome would hide the lost reveal" /reverse curve. What if my car didn't come with chrome wheel trim? You can't readily fix this wrong part unless you have a full sheetmetal shop with bead rollers. (Which case, you would build your replacemen panel) They did look into this for me, for which I give them high marks, but the rest were similar at the time. The right hand side was satsifactory and it is already welded into my project.
I guess my point is that panels that are okay for one person may not be acceptable during a later run, different side or other circumstance.
There seems to be little consistency, I agree with that. Here's a kicker ... Goodmark still hasn't made available its full quarter panel for convertibles ('67 & '68) and don't expect them to be available until sometime next year.
Dynacorn appears to be flat out of their Kamaro full convertible quarters and have allegedly backordered their parts until "hopefully, the end of this year."
