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dashboard · 2K+ Club

Replacment Panels

Lost in the 60s · President

I get Dynacorn whenever possible. AMD is making headway in the market now and I believe they are made in Canada.

What panels do you need ? Buick specific outer panels may be difficult to find in multiple vendors.

dashboard · 2K+ Club

This panel; I’m learning with this car it’s not who makes the best one it’s who makes one. Some GTO, Tempest, 442, Cutlass panels and even some Chevelle stuff will interchange.
There is some rust in the mounting surface area of the forward trunk brace on the driver’s side and the brace has begun to fail. I just want to get it taken care of while I have the fuel tank out for LS install.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

Jamie replaced every single panel on his El Camino accept the roof and firewall and he swears by the Dynacorn panels after all that work.

Lost in the 60s · President

dashboard wrote:
This panel; I’m learning with this car it’s not who makes the best one it’s who makes one. Some GTO, Tempest, 442, Cutlass panels and even some Chevelle stuff will interchange.
There is some rust in the mounting surface area of the forward trunk brace on the driver’s side and the brace has begun to fail. I just want to get it taken care of while I have the fuel tank out for LS install.

All internal panels, ie: trunk floor, floor pan, rockers, inner braces are interchangable between A body models. Only the outer skin panels and wheel wells are unique to each brand.

Auto City should have that panel or if you don't want to drive, find the best price on-line and wait for it to come to you...Jeff at Cutting Edge may be able to get it as well.

Chances are the inner wheel well may have rust issues where that pan attaches too and there may be a patch panel for that as well. I know there is for the '68-72 years, not sure on the '64-67's.

Lost in the 60s · President

dashboard wrote:
This panel; I’m learning with this car it’s not who makes the best one it’s who makes one. Some GTO, Tempest, 442, Cutlass panels and even some Chevelle stuff will interchange.
There is some rust in the mounting surface area of the forward trunk brace on the driver’s side and the brace has begun to fail. I just want to get it taken care of while I have the fuel tank out for LS install.

OK, I'm starting to wake up and get a handle on the "brace" you are concerned about. If it is the body mount on the underside of that pan, you can replace just that mount more easily than splicing in a pan. The bracket on the frame is probably compromised and that is available to replace as well.