Check with Terry Glines, who is on this list and has a page at:
http://milezone.com/terry/
he did quite a bit of custom rebuilding on his 56 panel and it looks very
good. Surprised he hasn't chimed in.
For my TF Chevy Suburban, I chose to buy NOS rear quarter panels from a guy
in Wisconsin; I've been trying to find his website again since this thread
started but no luck so far. He does however advertise in Hemmings. He might
have something for you. He only deals in NOS parts as far as I know and not
reproduction panels so when his stock is gone, it's gone. Warning though; he
wasn't cheap, but my brother, who is doing all my Sub's body work, agreed
with me that the work would go much faster and probably be a better quality
when it was does.
There are also specialty shops that do nothing but reproduction work; there's
one in middle TN that Brian knows about. . .can't imagine that they would be
cheap either though, and that may be the route I go when we do my GMC Sub
down the road.
If you're willing to go fiberglass, there's a shop in Oneida, TN, that among
other things builds AD panel bodels for monster trucks so I know they have
the molds for that body style.
Mark Noakes
Knoxville, TN
58/56 Chevy Suburban
59 GMC Suburban
66 Corvair Monza
86 Chevy Silverado
86 Corvette Indy
In a message dated 07/28/2000 9:44:00 PM, jmstreet@earthlink.net writes:
<< I too had the same problem on my '54 panel, only I also had rust between
the
doors and the rear fenders. Cutting out sections of lower door skin patch
panels
work ok for the side repairs but once you get to the rear corners you need to
get creative. I ended up fiberglassing the corners. I suppose a good
sheetmetal
man could make up some corners but I sure it wouldn't be cheap. -Jeff
Jeff Street
Seattle, WA
'55-2 short/step "Street's Rod-project"
OlHic@aol.com wrote:
> Hi all, i have a 51 3800 panel that is straight as an arrow with only one
> rust problem that i would like to save if i can. it is rusted aound the rear
> area behind the fenders. the fendersd themslves are good, but just about
> everything else behind them on both sides is gone to about 5 inches up.
> should i be hunting a donor to cut up or are there any patch panels
> available? Thanks for any help.
> Phil Faircloth
> 46 1 ton
> 51 panel
> 51 3800
> 53 3800
> 69 C-10 >>
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