Restoring a 1970 442 conv. Looking for a good tail light panel. Mine has rot as you can see in the photos. Hoping someone has a parts car that has a good piece or can give me a few leads. I'm from CT. I've been looking locally for about 4-5 months but have had no luck. Thank you!!

 

Since you are in CT have you tried http://www.ros6872parts.com/?

Another really good guy is Nick (442crzy). He's in NY but can ship

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...ewall-box.html

 

If you've been searching using keywords like "taillight panel", that may have limited your returns. Since the taillights are mounted in the bumper I don't know if that area would be referred to as a taillight panel by most vendors. I'm not sure what the proper term for that area is, but something like trunk channel, trunk rain rail or back panel may provide better results. It shouldn't be a difficult part to find...someone may correct me on this but I would assume that area is the same on the 70-72 Supreme and convertible models, possibly the F85/Cutlass/442 hard tops as well.

 

Droptopron: Thanks for the info!

My search has been related to "Oldsmobile, Olds, 442" as keywords. Mainly been looking on Craigslist, Bargain News, Facebook locally, Ebay, Racing Junk. I have dealt with ROS6872 before. I didn't think of reaching out to them. I thought they handled more trim, smaller parts. I'll reach out to them tonight. Iv'e also contacted a few vendors that go to Carlisle. It would be nice if I can find a parts car that has a good "trunk" area so I can also have a physical reference when re assembling my car even though I took a ton of photos and marked everything during the tear down process.

 

 

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That area is what i always called right or wrong(trunk seal panel). In this case the rear panel.