68 chevelle 2 door sedan door panels

[jeff morocco]

im looking for a set of 68 chevelle 2 door sedan interior door panels. anyone know where to buy new or anyone have a used set ? any color will work. i will have them redone. any help will be greatly appreciated. jeff

[Mr70]

Have you considered using Buick Skylark door panels?
It was a possibility in 1968 on some Chevelles,do to a supply problem.
What plant & time frame was yours built?

[jeff morocco]

mr70 , i wouldnt even know where to begin to find out where and when it was built. drag racing was in my blood and never paid any attention to the dana copo gibb nickey yenko cars (even though my father is the original owner of chris shorts yenko chevelle ) so i cant tell you, you would have to tell me. what kind of info do you need to find that kind of stuff out? and where would i look these numbers up at ? i went to my first scr 2 years ago and now im addicted to this site and will be at every scr from now on!!! never really realized how special these cars are. so they used skylark panels and put the chevelle trim on them ? very interesting. amazing how much info and knowledge is to be gained on this site. jeff

[TDW]

http://www.chevelles.com/


Jeff...Lots of info at the above site. also.

[Keith Tedford]

I don't believe that any of the 2 door sedan 300 series door panels are reproduced. With the '69 300 Deluxe SS396 Chevelles it's a real problem. If your originals are not in good shape, then you are in for a very long search to fine something acceptable. You'll just have to search the web, wrecking yards and magazines. In the last 8 years I haven't seen any for sale in any condition.

[SS427]

Jeff,
Welcome to the site. Hopefully we can help with any questions you may have as there is a mountain of information on the site. It was nice sitting at the banquet with you and your dad at SCR this year. Lots of neat stories.
Rick

[Belair62]

Welcome Jeff.....good luck on the search...you'll find them sometime...how bad are the ones you have ???? you may want to drop a PM or e-mail to Jeff...he is 9566BA here on the site...he is may have some ideas...

[jeff morocco]

thanks guys for your help. i bought this car to make it a racecar and had no interior at all, thinking that someone makes them.i talked to the guys at ausleys and they said that the coupe panels would work so i bought them.not even close !! i also talked to a guy from bluegrass chevelle parts and he told me to find a metal top rail and weld a triangular piece on the part that is near the window frame and have someone re cover them. but i cant even find anyone with metal top rails. i dont want to have to make sheet metal door panels because i dont like that look.the car turned out too nice to do that. THANKS again everyone and ill keep hunting.

[ORIGLS6]

Jeff,
A friend of mine who also frequents this site (amuseme) knows of a '68 300 deluxe car in our area. I've seen the car but it's been a few years. One of the last conversations I had with Jeff (amuseme) was centered around this car and the fact that he might buy it. I'll check with him or ask him to reply to your posting here. Maybe we can come up with something.
Aside from that, try asking Don Lightfoot. Maybe he'll sell you the panels from his old and worn out '69 Deluxe! (Sorry Don; you know I'm just kidding!)
BTW, I too enjoyed meeting you and Nick at the reunion last year. Again, same table!
Dennis

[amuseme]

Jeff, Dennis let me know about your problem. I'll check on the '68 300 and see what the deal is. I'd put it on the back burner as I've got a shop full right now. If it's available (for parts or whole) I'll let you know, I'll likely be a right good while getting to it, so someone else may as well get some good out of it. Jeff.