who makes a good set of repro quarter panels i am in the process of doing a full restoration on a 70 skylark convertable and i need inner outer whell houses and quarterpanels have no idea where to buy them
If you need the full inner & outer rear wheel houses the easiest way to do it is to buy a set of 70-72 Chevelle convertible wheel houses and a set of 70-72 Buick coupe outers. The Chevelle parts come with both pieces welded together as a single unit. After you put those units in all you have to do is cut the lip area out of the Buick Coupe outers and weld them to the chevelle wheel houses. (All 68-72 GM A-body convertible rear wheel houses are the same except for the outer lips where they match the quarter skins.) Dynacorn makes the inner/outer conv rear wheelhouses, and they are beautiful Mark Reeves sells the Buick coupe outers and they are also a beautiful repro. If you do a little body work where you seam the two outers together no one will even know you were there. Duane
You can do it that way but you loose the reverse curve of the quarter panel along the top seam. A friend of mine did this to his 71 Skylark convert and it looked good but it would not have been correct for a high dollar resto............and once it's done there is no way to go back to the correct looking quarter lines without replacing the entire quarter panel. Duane
Here is a pic of the Dynacorn 70-72 Chevelle Convertible rear wheel houses. You can see that everything is the same except the small lip area that mounts to the quarter panel. They have the same flat spot on top, the same seam, etc. The parts are so exact they even have the small alignment holes in them just like the originals have........therefore they are easy to position correctly. You need to replace the Chevy lip area with the lip area from the Buick coupe panels and do a little finish work. They are very nice parts, and fit in my 70 Chevelle convertable just fine. Here is a pic of the part and of it installed in my car. Duane
that does look good. I got of the phone with mark and he did not say anything about the dynacorn stuff can we buy right from dynacorn ??
No you cannot buy directly from Dynacorn, they are a manufacturer and only sell to dealers. ...............but you can buy everything from Mark. I got him to order the Chevelle convert rear inner/outer wheelhouses for my car, and I know he sells the Buick pieces, so he could get you everything. I bet if you ask him nicely he would be glad to install everything too. Tell him I referred you. Duane
Could you please explain what you're referring to when you say you loose the 'reverse curve' of the quarter panel along the top seam? Thanks
