I just recently was reunited with my 68 Cutlass Supreme. Has some pretty good body damage to be addressed. The entire rear right quarte panel needs to be replaced. It was bondoed back in the day and is now cracking. Also has a little bit of cancer at the edges of the rear wheel wells and a little more cancer in front of the doors. Any suggestions on attacking the rear quarter panel? Should I buy an after market replacement or find another car for a donation piece to mine? I have heard the aftermarket panels do not fit as advertised?

 

Try to post some pics of what you've got and we could probably give you a more informative answer...may not be as bad as you think!

 

ha I am not the only Wilson here!

 

The only aftermarket panels for the 68-69 cars are partial quarters and are poor fit and finish. If that's all you have to work with, well, that's all you have to work with... If you can afford it, I'd strongly recommend getting an original panel off a southwestern car. The hand labor to install it and finish it properly will be substantially less than the labor needed to install the aftermarket panel, partly offsetting the cost difference.

 

Welcome. Need pics for Erik, he can tell you how to properly fix it. I would use Brillo pads, McDonalds bags and bondo myself.
They always need pics here, your dog, kids, don't matter.

What day did they use the bondo back then and where is it cracking? See any golden arches anywhere behind it?

 

Allan, how did you McD's into this? Im lost... (and now hungry, thank you! )
I guess you induced the subject the same way you brought rubber duckies into my interior thread... Of course I went and posted duckie pics for you...

 

X 2 on Joe's post

Unfortunately, you've got cancer in the most common places.

Been there, done that and got the t-shirt.

Seems like a lot of these babies got sideways into a utility pole or some'em. The method of "de jour" was fill it with Bondo and go.

The trickiest part is where the rear quarter fits into the trunk. What my body guy has done is buy the rear quarters and cut them to fit. But it's very time consuming and costly.

Good Luck and keep us posted.

 

Here ya' go.

 

Allan, you're scaring me! Brillo and MacDonald's bags...I was going to say newspaper...by the way , you didn't pull that bag out of your fender bottom did you? Or is that the before pic...before it went in the fender bottom!

 

Allan,
By any chance do you run a hi-rise construction business in Taiwan?
They used stuff like that as concrete filler - paper, cans, bottles, any trash they could get. After the big earthquake in '98, many of those buildings crumbled, much like my Ford's dash cluster cover...

 

Allen,

I bought this car from up your way in Northeast Ohio. Do you think I can fix it with McD bags and Bondo

 

You better use great stuff on that one

 

You're gonna need the premium gold bondo and cardboard for that one.

 

better get a big hammer

 

Notice how the door line is still perfect and the rear glass didn't even break. Let's see a new car take a shot like this!