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Thanks Canuck. I see now that the core support was different also thanks for the education guys

Thanks, I am cutting up an old donor fender and just wanted to make sure it was a 70.

In no hurry I have plenty to do. next few weeks would be great. Thanks

Thanks

I thought the difference was how the extensions mounted by reading the post. My car didn't have a front clip on it so I don't know what they originally look like. Another picture.

About 8" and yes I will if I have to. But if I have a patch panel I don't have to try to roll that inner bevel recess for the wheelhouse trim

Bringing up an old thread. I'm still learning the difference between the 70 and 71/72. is this a picture of a 71 72? I have read that a 71 72 will not fit a 70 without modification. Is there a post that explains that modification?

Sredmyer thanks I appreciate the effort. You can see what needs replaced would love to get about 1 inch above the line

Yes I seen those...but I only need a very small patch panel...the bottom 8 " of the panel behind the wheel. Hate to spend the money and throw away the rest. I seen they make small repop QP patch panels for other cars....just cant find the 1st Gen M Thx

I got a bad spot on the right rear lower QP right behind the wheel ...I only need panel about up to the 1st body line and I cant seem to find a small patch panel. The only thing I can find is the entire quarter or most of the entire quarter panel. Does anyone have an old QP they want to cut a piece out of ? Any manufacturer repop this piece ? Thx

1970 Monte Carlo Front Inner Fender Extensions Pair Pow... $110.00 used from eBay - klassik65-72 Not mine...

Welcome Mike I will be following along as I am getting ready to do the same thing.

Thanks for the feedback. There are a lot of "never done that before" on this race car build. This is my first 700+HP build. So many questions !!!

Update: Got the tub stripped. I have to say it was not that bad using the paint stripper. I think it was around 20 hours total to strip the tub to metal....cost less than $ 45.

On the new motor we will not have enough vacuum for a brake booster. I don't want to rely on a vacuum pump, and I don't want go $$ hydroboost route, so I am thinking about going to manual brakes. Is anyone running manual brakes ? What brand and how well do you stop ? Thx

Update: Finally got her on the rotisserie and started paint removal. I really wanted to have it dustless blasted but it was over $ 1,200 and I kept thinking that is my motor money being spent so I went old school just like I did in the 70's, paint stripper. It is amazing when you remove the old paint, the car goes from looking like an old piece of crap to looking like a nice project.

Making some progress. Will be ready to put it on the rotisserie this week. (Sucks to have full time regular job) Still thinking about how much the body will want to flex when I cut the trunk out and rear deck panel and there is no frame...If I am leaving the backseat panel, it should stay stable when I flip it on the rotisserie ? Does anyone have any comment on their complete trunk replacement they installed ? Just got my list of parts together this weekend and I have to say.... that it is pretty damn overwhelming ! There was a lot of metal I knew I would need to be replace and found a few spots I didn't know about. Right now I am spending time researching the different body panel manufactures and that is a pain in the rear. Trying to find old GM parts whenever I can ..cant go NOS or the motor budget will be hurting. Most of them do not give you all the information and I have to call for metal gauges etc. so I can compare. For example Rear deck filler panel can be $49, $79, or $142. So who has best quality / fit for non GM body parts? AMD - Sherman - Goodmark - Golden Star Take a look at this 48 year old original dash pad :-) Just wiped it off with water. Too bad the rest of the car isn't it that good of shape !! Thanks Keith

Thank you for making me feel better now I see one that is a little worse than my 70 project...i also had to keep saying yes I want it. Sometimes we look at these cars and see something totally different than other people see...glad to see you're up to the challenge.

Jared, I am getting my list together this week. I will certainly hit you up in the next few weeks. Thanks

boots ..frame is coming off this week so I thought it would be a lot easier and I should be able to do a one piece from underneath once the frame is out if the way. I was wondering about twist...no frame, no pan... i thought i better consider twist. It will be on a rotisserie I think I can stabilize it across the doors and back to rotisserie frame.

I was wondering if I can get a full trunk pan in the car without disassembling the back half of the car. I was thinking I would get the three piece but if a full pan would fit I would rather put in a full pan. Looking for recommendations from anyone who has done the complete trunk pan.

Mo, It was wrecked in 1976 and the front end was gone no damage to the frame but basically the whole front clip was damaged. So somebody through some fenders and hood and a grill on it just to sell it. It had 72 Grill on it that was really nice that I sold for enough money to buy a nice 70 Grill.. but other than that I need the whole front clip. We're still establishing the budget for this restoration. I'm not sure what's going to cost but the one thing I am sure of is going to take me a long time. But I just want to do it right and I'm in no hurry. So there was a question in all that long [censored] original post any preference on body part manufacturers AMD, Goodmark etc ?