Is all reproduction stuff going to be dodgy and need modification to fit???

[Carlwalski]

also another thing is that production tolerances were all over the place when these cars were built new. I don't expect any repro stuff to fit right so that way I am never disappointed because my expectations are low. One thing I can say is  - at least companies are making parts now - !

If you are missing parts or starting with a rust bucket, then having the option of buying some fenders or full quarters is a pretty nice thing to have avaliable.

You make a good point that production cars varied heaps with parts. However, for the amount of money we spend on these parts $599 for 1 cuda panel, you'd hope they'd come somewhat closer to fitting.

[ragtopdodge]

So far, many of the e-body PGCLassics stuff seems to fit good; just not always look right like the rallye dash woodgrain.

When it comes to sheetmetal, I hear the only thing that fits really good are the Goodmark R/T hoods.  The Chally full quarters are okay, but not perfect.

Front and rear valences are way off from what I understand.  Rears the worse of the two.

Before diving into repro parts, do your research and wait for others to be the guinea pigs.

[ntstlgl1970]

Kinda funny, I bought a rear valance panel with the exhaust cutouts for my Cuda from YO and it actually fits pretty well. It will need some time to get it "just right" but I am pretty happy with it. When a buddy and I were at the Sacramento show last weekend, one of the vendors had some challenger fenders and one of the complete 70 rear quarters there for sale. My buddy mentioned that one of the reasons the repros are thinner is that it would be another 100k to make a die to stamp a thicker metal (he's in the business so I trust what he says FWIW). The other thing is that you don't have any idea how good the part is that the dies were modeled after. Even if the die was made modeling an NOS fender, you still don't have any idea if that NOS fender came from the beginning or end of a production run when the original die was new or when it was worn out. I still applaud anyone that steps up and makes parts for these cars. Even though some of the parts are outragoeusly expensive, at least the option is there compared to insane NOS or Ebay prices for those who aren't going for a museum type car.

[matt63]

It is nice to have options.  I think the idea of bolt on is unrealistic for many parts though.  I liked YO's 1 to 5 rating system for panel quality.  The patch panels I've seen (not from YO) were a 5.  I think some blind person beat them out on a picnic table.  They were just expensive pieces of bent metal.