1970 Chevelle SS restoration

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I had some "decent" front fenders I acquired over time and the Black car had a cowl hood I kept and swapped the power bulge hood from this car onto the Black one. I had ordered Goodmark full quarters in 2003 for the Black car and they supposedly had been stamped with the original tooling in Michigan before the dies were sent to china. They have been sitting here ever since too.
About 18 months ago, I came across an add on Hemmings for both NOS front fenders and a left quarter panel on Hilton Head in SC...NO SHIPPING. I called and explained I wouldn't be down that way until 4 months later, I mid February, but I would pay cash and pick them up. He agreed and when I arrived he insisted we remove the quarter panel for the first time ever to inspect and make certain they were to my liking. He explained that he had bought these parts in 1990 when he lived somewhere up near Virginia, but shortly after moved to AZ for nearly 30 years. He had his '70 SS restored down there and they didn't see any need to use the NOS parts, so he held onto them and even had them transported to SC. Soon after, he decided it was time to sell them instead of continuing to pay for storage since he had no room at his town home now. The quarter looks like the day it had the EDP applied and was put in the carton. The fenders have NEVER been out of their cartons and I can see the EDP is just as nice, with no surface rust visible anywhere !!
I could not believe I had fallen into this dream. That stuff happened to other people.