[Don_Lightfoot]

Hi Bob, good to see you on here pal.

Were all those recent emails and pictures of help to you?

First of all, don't worry about the colour of the panels as SMS will put new cardboard and black fabric on them for you.

The important thing is to have the steal frames as that's all they need to work from. I just put the new front panels on my car last month that SMS did for me (pic attached). I ended up buying and using a set of front panels from a 1972 Skylark two door post that Dan Vasic advised me of on Ebay. I can't say for sure, but probably any A-Body two door post between 1968 and 1972 would work for the fronts. Again, the key is the top metal frame. This was the end of a six year quest for me.

For the back ones the opportunities thin out. Probably need a 68 or 69 Chevelle Post Car as a donor due to the window line and the difference in the inside where they flair out over the back seat. SMS are currently doing a set of rear ones for me as well. I found one rear panel in a salvage yard in North Carolina and SMS should be able to do a "mirror fabrication" of the steel for the other side. Not sure when they will be done.

The ones taken off my car were actually in pretty good shape with the exception of the chrome peeling off the moldings. I would love to be able to offer them to you, but I'm hesitant as they are just impossible to find and who knows if I'll ever need to redo them for my car in the future just in case. I'll keep you posted on that.

Good luck my friend. If I can be of any further help just yell.