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DeSotoRevival
Posted 2014-08-17 6:28 PM (#453330)
Subject: Classic to Current Fabriction



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Anybody here tried any replacement floor, trunk pans, quarter panels, or rocker panels from Classic to Current Fabrication? Are they accurate reproductions / correct fit, good quality? Im looking to replace some floor pans, etc on a 58 Chrysler Winsdor that has more than its share of rust issues. Are there other vendors that folks here recommend?
Would appreciate any input.
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ttotired
Posted 2014-08-17 6:50 PM (#453334 - in reply to #453330)
Subject: Re: Classic to Current Fabriction



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I bought repair sections from anyone I could get them from and all of them were close, but no cigar

I cant remember who I bought what from, but the only exact match will come from a doner car

With the repair sections, I used them to repair the damaged area instead of trying to use the repair sections as a whole, that worked out a lot easier, as you only needed to deal with the actual damage instead of trying to match up what wasnt really going to fit anyway

The repair sections are a good way to get the compound curves and folds that you will run into, otherwise flat sheet, a folder, and if your keen a bead roller will get a lot done as well as the basic stuff like panel beating hammers and dollies, a good anvil of some type (mine is a piece of railway track ), a good mig welder (use it with the gas, its much better than gasless), grinders ect, but most of all, patience

Good luck with your project and please do a thread on it

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60 dart
Posted 2014-08-17 7:24 PM (#453338 - in reply to #453330)
Subject: Re: Classic to Current Fabriction



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i would think that as many 60 dodges there are in the world someone would reproduce panels , even if they didn't fit -----------------------------------------------------later
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DeSotoRevival
Posted 2014-08-17 7:48 PM (#453340 - in reply to #453330)
Subject: RE: Classic to Current Fabriction



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Here is a link to some photos I posted several years ago of the car I'm thinking of using the patch panels on. This maybe a good candidate for some welding/bodywork practice. The car was more rusty than I had hoped when I picked it up from the ebay seller but I didn't pay much for it either.

http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=13089&...

Wish I had the quarter panel trim molding that is currently missing on the car.

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ttotired
Posted 2014-08-17 8:11 PM (#453344 - in reply to #453330)
Subject: Re: Classic to Current Fabriction



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Had a look at your original thread, theres a lot of work there, but I have a saying (that I stole from someone), a man can eat an elephant, just not in one sitting.

To be honest though, I would think about re bodying it if the frames good.

The rust in the floor, going up into the trans tunnel will be a problem as the floor sections you see dont go that high up, most look pretty much like baking trays.

The rear quarters are as bad as my plymouth ones, in that, the bottom 3 to 4" are gone on the inner and outer, which makes it hard to work out exactly how it was

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DeSotoRevival
Posted 2014-08-17 8:52 PM (#453351 - in reply to #453344)
Subject: Re: Classic to Current Fabriction



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My Dad has been bugging me to make it kind of a rat rod and drive it as it is as he feels it would be the coolest rat rod around these parts anyway. I don't mean the kind where I start welding a bunch of junk on to the car but to just make it driveable and maybe put a different engine in it. The frame is rusty but not rusted through anywhere yet. The 354 in it is froze up but doesn't appear to be cracked anywhere. It would have been a nice car back in the day.
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DeSotoRevival
Posted 2014-08-17 8:58 PM (#453353 - in reply to #453351)
Subject: Re: Classic to Current Fabriction



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Oh yeah this car is a BIG elephant! Better get started eating now! Ha Ha!
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d500neil
Posted 2014-08-17 9:23 PM (#453356 - in reply to #453353)
Subject: Re: Classic to Current Fabriction



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Carey, your dad is not a MoPar man, is he?



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DeSotoRevival
Posted 2014-08-19 10:05 PM (#453624 - in reply to #453356)
Subject: Re: Classic to Current Fabriction



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Well not exactly at least not in the beginning. My brother and I are slowly turning him though I think.
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