Who makes the best and do they curl under with mounting holes ? Thanks, Danny

 

Welcome to the site Danny. The best thing would be factory parts as they would fit better than aftermarket. I had a couple fenders that had nice heels but had been damaged in the front. I've already cut off and sold the heels, but if you could find another member with something like that you would be ahead purchasing them.


John

 

Hey Thanks John, Maybe somebody with some crunched ones will chime in.

 

It would help to know your location, especially if you want big panels that are expensive to ship. I have complete quarters and a rear clip, for example, in the southwest.

 

Still in Va.---------Danny Lattimore

 

Danny,

Welcome to the site. Glad to have you here. As you may have found, the aftermarket patch panels for the 66-67 cars are limited in availability and they all are crappy Chinesium. Everyone sells the same panels that are stamped in one or two off-shore factories. Good used OEM desert sheet metal is by far your best choice unless you only need a couple of small patches. There are no 66-67 repro quarters, just segments over the wheel arch and the lower rear quarter. The front fender panels are the same bottom of the fender behind the wheel opening. I've found that all the repro front fender patches need work to look and fit properly.

 

Hey, Danny, are you trying to put your black '66 back together? I haven't seen you since '73! Remember telling me that the 66 shroud you knew about would be expensive, and I didn't mind. . .
Then, a month later after I had found #13 I showed you the window sticker. That was the time period when I began hoarding parts for the beloved 66 W30.

 

Thanks Joe for the info. We must be neighbors.

 

Yes I remember but been a long time ago. Sorry but I don't remember your name. Do you still have the car you bought ? I'm going to retire in a couple of years ( 70 yrs.old ) and I'm going to finally start working on all my projects. I'm putting together a clone 66 and 67 to race with my boys. We have alot of class and nostalgia racing here within a few hours drive. My black 66 has been in dry storage for 40 years and is showing 2,322 street miles with not one speck of rust. Do you live in the area ?

 

I sold that car in 1977 after getting a nicer one that I still have. Didn't have room for two of them. I live out west now.

 

I'm in Northern Loudoun County, just across the river from Brunswick, MD and about as far north as you can be in the state of VA.

 

Is the front end on a top shelf,the body on a dolly with the frame separated? Naw,I haven't seen that car. How much is Craig charging you for storage?

 

Hey Mike , Keep your sticky fingered Bama a$$ away from my car God knows bud , iffin you add up everything over the past 20 years I've known him I probably could have paid for the whole garage by now.

 

Joe , I'm in Caroline County just south of Fredericksburg .

 

I got a deal working with Craig right now on that ole black 66 sitting in his shop as we speak.The storage ate it up.

 

Guess we'll have to do hostage negotiations since I have the D/SA sitting in my shop

 

Do you still have the 66 post car he got from me and you wound up with? He said just keep the D/SA car,he's toast.

 

Yeah Mike still have it. I'm rounding up all the parts I need to hit it hard, finish it and beat it's brains out in Div. II . In the meantime I'm doing up a nostalgia 67W30 post coupe with automatic. I have a ton of extra parts laying around and need to put them in something. My kid will drive it and run some IHRA and nostalgia races. I'm trying to convince Craig to bring the rig and the Vette up and drop it at the house for a couple months. We have 7 or 8 races close by and it's a quick flight from Atlanta to Richmond, 35 minutes from me. You need to find your "Gitoutabama passport" and come with him some time. You can watch me try and wear that Vette out with his own car LOL !! Not an easy feat, that boy can drive .

 

Yes he can drive,as a matter of fact he drove too good a couple of weeks ago. That Vette hauls @$$ and he said it had your engine in it,not the Armstrong unit. He won't take me anywhere,I'm not in his league. I keep telling him I'm the only unpaid friend he has.

 

Man!! That was cold !! But funny as hell