I went to the parts store today to look at the cost and availabilty of Full quarter panel for the passenger side of my 67 RS as it was in an accident and is crushed at the door strike area.

Anyways the guy at the parts counter was trying to convice me to go with an %80 and not a full quarter as he said there are issues with the fit on the 67's and that they do not fit well. Have any of you heard this before or is he blowing smoke because he has the %80 in stock and the full has to be ordered.

Thanks!

I've heard that the diver side has to be worked with because of the afoul of metal.

80% does not include the striker area.That should help you make up your mind.

While the 80% doesn't include the door jamb, the fit of the complete quarter leaves a lot to be desired. Two examples are: sail panel not the correct angle on the metal, leave a 1 inch piece on old panel near quarter window for good blending, also you should notice the 3/8" difference in the trunk opening. It is too long. These have been experienced on both 67 and 68 panels. Good luck on your decision

What timing....As I write this my car is at the body shop having both full quarters installed. The body shop called to say that the passenger side is hung but required work. But...The drivers side is a complete horror. The stamping of the panel is incorrect and differs in measurment from the right side from the sail panel to the trunk opening and from the door jamb to the trunk opening. The full length of the panels though are equal. I'm currently working with the vendor and have supplied him with measurement of each. I hope this one panel of mine is a fluke and not duplicate stampings exist out there. If so a lot of full quarters will be turned into 80%'s that do include the door jamb.

Dave.

I'm almost ready for the quarter job to.

Here's a good question for someone out there.

DOES ANYONE KNOW THE CORRECT MEASUREMENTS OF THE REPLACEMENT PANELS?

I'm almost ready for the quarter job to.

Here's a good question for someone out there.

DOES ANYONE KNOW THE CORRECT MEASUREMENTS OF THE REPLACEMENT PANELS?

I hope so, that would help a lot of us out when we go buy or receive our panels.

keeping my fingers crossed.

That's why NOS prices stayed high after the full repops came on the market.

As I posted earlier on this topic I see that the manufacturer still hasn't changed anything. I was able to contact OER (NOT BASHING), and did receive $100 per quarter compensation for the problems. I see that 396rs/ss has the same problems, over 6 months apart. :( Everyone that is experiencing the problem needs to contact the manufacturer and express their displease. Nothing will get done with just one or two people talking about it. Sorry to hear that my previous yelling was to no avail and fellow hobbists are still being strung out to dry. graemlins/angry.gif Contact OER, a subdivision of Classic Industries. :mad:

Originally posted by KevinImh:
I'm almost ready for the quarter job to.

Here's a good question for someone out there.

DOES ANYONE KNOW THE CORRECT MEASUREMENTS OF THE REPLACEMENT PANELS?

I hope so, that would help a lot of us out when we go buy or receive our panels.

keeping my fingers crossed. This request would be a huge help for in progress and future installs. Anyone out there with GM NOS panels care to share their correct panel measurements?


Dave

Has anybody had these problems with the Goodmark quarters. I'm wondering if they are the same panel sold by different dealers.

I was told Goodmark and OER are the same product so id does not make a difference!

my 69 wears OER quarters and door skins and I think the fit and finish is great. see for your self.

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Justin

i think the fit issues are with the 67/68's and not the 69 quarters.

These kinds of issues are why I shucked out the $1250 bucks for a pair of NOS quarters.

Originally posted by MangeMD:
These kinds of issues are why I shucked out the $1250 bucks for a pair of NOS quarters. If you still have the quarters and they are not welded on yet, could you please do some measuring so we could have something to go by? I would like to know if I'm going to buy a piece of $*i^ repo before I do some welding. :rolleyes:

I went with a skin on the drivers side as it is not too bad. If your wanting measurements for that no prob but I think your looking for full quarter measurements!

let me know!

Which measurements do you want? My quarters are already at the body shop, but they haven't been put on yet. I don't know, however, how soon I will be able to get back out there.

Originally posted by MangeMD:
Which measurements do you want? My quarters are already at the body shop, but they haven't been put on yet. I don't know, however, how soon I will be able to get back out there. The critical measurements are the openings. Measure from the top tip of the door jamp to the tip of the trunk opening. From the tip of the trunk opening to the end tip of the quarter. Another measurement from the sail panel end tip to the end tip of the quarter. Another good measurement would be from the door jamb tip to the end tip of the quarter. This measurement on the left and right quarters that I have were equal. It's just the openings that are fouled up.
On the price you paid for your quarters you made a killer deal. I looked long and hard for a set of NOS panels and came up dry. $1200 now might buy one quarter if you can find some.

Dave.

I found a guy that had bought a bunch of Camaro parts a couple of years ago, and still had them in boxes. I bought quarters/cowl hood/tailpan/fenders from him. I think he still has a set of GM doorskins in the box and 1967 RS fenders (pair) in the box. He also has factory floorpans too. I'll have to ask him to see what else he has.
One thing that may have also helped my cause is the fact that I am having him do all of my bodywork/paint to my car. He's giving me a heckuva deal on it all.

mangeMD when you say he has factory floorpans do you mean GM parts. Can you find out moore and email me. kerrys@delanet.com

I am pretty sure he said they were GM...could be wrong, but I will check with him within a week (he has to come get my car to start working on it).

MangeMD

Would you ask your autobody guy if he still has the 67 RS fenders? If he does ask him if the passenger side has the antenna void with no hole and how much he would sell them for?

My emial is kevinimh@attbi.com

Thanks a lot!

If I had it to do over I would buy new old stock quarters for my 69.We have the Goodmarks looking good on my car now,but not without a lot of work.Their fit out of the box leaves a lot to be desired.The drivers side was better than the passenger side quarter?Where they stamped the louvers in the lower front,the metal was raised all around them about a 8 inch square,and was a pain to fix.

Thanks for all the responses. I'm still not sure if I should buy the full quarter or an 80% or a skin.

Thanks!

I just received my 2nd replacement, drivers side full 67 quarter yesterday. It to is incorrect in measurement. We hooked a frame tape to the end of the sail panel opening and measured to the end tip of both right and left repo quarters. Over an inch difference exists between the two!! Obviously because this measurement is off the trunk opening is also butchered. If your thinking about buying reprodution full quarters for a 67 please be aware and ask questions.
Anyone have the ability to measure a NOS GM quarter for everyones reference???

Dave.

I'll try to get those measurements soon. I have been working every day for the past couple of weeks, but he has to come get my car early this week...so I'll try to run out there.

I bought a 68 parts car from a Guy that had purchased the full quarters and had them tacked in place. He said that He had to send the first drivers side quarter back because the fit was terrible and the replacement fit like a glove compared to the first. So I guess that there is "worse and better" out there.

MangeMD I wish I could find a pair of GM's for 1250....the prices I've seen is almost 1250 each...

396, would the measurements from an unbang original car work for you. No work ever done on car so all measurements should be correct.

greenZ that email address doesn't work.

Originally posted by 68Yencoace:
396, would the measurements from an unbang original car work for you. No work ever done on car so all measurements should be correct. That would be great. I'm planning on driving to a different vendor this week and I'm taking my tape along to pick my own quarter out. It's really sad that they keep stamping and selling sheetmetal knowing that a serious problem exists.

Dave.