Subject says it all.... I found a pair of 80% quarters (new) for sale locally without the marker light holes cut in them. To me this says "reproduction". I'm thinking it's another case of repro being sold as NOS.

I can't say ive ever heard of 80% NOS quarters.

That's all I needed to know. All NOS I've ever seen are 100% as well.

On GM, at that time, they were 100% that is for sure. But just as a stupid side note, not all companies do that. Believe it or not, I am not making this up, I installed a "Half quarter" from BMW once! No kidding, I forget the model, a 325I I think, anyway, about a 1995 model. The insurance company wrote this thing up for a "slice" quarter panel over the wheel well verticially! NO KIDDING, I thought they were nuts, sure enough the part came in and it was an OEM BMW NEW quarter cut off vertically over the wheel well!!!! It was cut before the E coat was applied with what looked like a plasma cutter. Is that crazy or what?

Brian

Yes.... :)

It's just that I saw a Craigs List for several 80% quarters at $35 to $50 a piece and they were called NORS (new old replacement stock). They didn't have marker light holes in them and they're not e-coated either, so I knew the guy was just throwing that term in there. I just wondered if they ever came that way over the counter.... without the holes I mean.

I bought a pair of coupe panels for my '68 convert in about 1982, when I worked at the GM store. I am certain the marker were cut out.

Thanks Bob.