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FYI,

Original 70-73 Camaro Right Fenders are different than 74-77 and any NOS replacement. Early fenders dont have the oblong indent inside (under the hood line). IF your car had born with fenders, I would want a good used early type, same as fender to be used for repair

Original NOS R/S urethane nose pieces are very rare and hard to find. If yours needs replacing finding new might not be an option. Find good used one, but dont use the repop.

Subframes were stamped with mfg date and plant location. Using a different frame will have different date ???

Even after car is repaired I would go after insurance company for "diminished value" IF car can not be returned to exact same as condition.

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The two original right fenders I have for my 74 have a actual hole where there indentation is on the repro fender, so it is not really technically right for 74+ either I don't think. Correct me if I am wrong, I am just going by what I have, not by any research.

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The other carrier has accepted full liability for the damages after two weeks. I’m pushing them to total the car as I just don’t want the aggravation and time outlay of overseeing a repair on this car, I don’t think they want an adjuster taking their time to oversee the rebuild of this car either. I would imagine it will take months to get this Z back on the road and I don’t know if I’d want it after the hit it took.
At least we’re moving forward.

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If the other carrier accepts full liability they will want to get out of this as cheaply as possible. I hope they will not try and Lowball the repair or total estimate. To have a shop repair the car to as before condition with NOS parts could be 25-30K. Unhit, rustfree Fenders, Front End, and Hood could be near impossible to find, and this is an RS to boot! Anyway, I wish you the best of luck! Makes me scared to drive my Camaro's with all the bozo's out there not paying attention on their cell phones and such.

Paul

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One way to fix the fenders would be to buy the correct early fenders in very rusty shape,and cut the skins off them,and reskin them with skins from a repop or later NOS fender.Sure would be paying upward of a grand for each perfect original.The donor early fender can be a totally rusty junker as long as it isnt bent.This is pretty much the only option you have when restoring second gen trans ams with NOS fenders.

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Original 70-72 Camaro (I dont know actual 73 changeover date) fenders dont have the oblong indent shown below.
Easy fix would be to weld flat metal into oblong area and skim coast/finish

Note drivers fender on 70 Camaro has square flange where washer bottle hangs.

Note: Orange car in picture is Jack Seymours VINTAGE Certified 22K mile Unrestored (Cleaned NOT fluffed) Survivor


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...hBotMtArea.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ndentation.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Underhood3.jpg

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The cut off corner was the std fender you got in the early-mid 80's at the chev dealer for about $50 -60... I bought more of those things than I care to remember... LOL

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These are off a 1974, as you can see the pass side is also different than the repro fender in that it has a hole with 2 little tabs where the repro has an indentation. the drivers side appears to have that same squared off thingy.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...D/HPIM3764.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...D/HPIM3765.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...HPIM3766-1.jpg

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Moving forward, the car is at a shop in Austin that can do a tear down and an accurate estimate. I still think the car should be totaled, but they need to have the hood and fenders pulled to see the true extent of the damage. It still hurts to see the car in this condition.

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I was going to offer my Camaro as partial trade on Charley’s RS Z28 if I made it to the show. Had plans to go to Chicago for the show, but I had to cancel at the last minute.