69 Camaro Body in the Crate

[farone]

Steve, The salt and snow will probably rot them into the ground, like most of the offshore repops that we deal with here at the shop.

[x44d80]

Maybe. my case in point is I replaced a door skin with a chinese pos on my 69. stock fenders and rear quarters. The door gap on the top part up past the midpoint crease you could almost stick your little finger in, and all other gaps were good. I had to weld this up with a bead which is not good. I could put a GM door in the hole and it fit perfect. Do you have a vested interest in offshore panels?

[americanmusclecars]

No. I do not have a vested interest in off shore panels. However I do have a interest in this project. Like in any business there are certain companies that are trying to capitalize on the Muscle Car craze and build body parts and throw them in the market at a fast pace without doing much research or with little or no QC. There only goal is financial gain. Those companies are being singled out for there less than perfect part and eventually will be forced to build a better product or quit! Now, I own some original low mileage Camaro's that are fully documented with horrible panel spacing thru out the car. So, specifically on your Camaro maybe the door wasnt install correctly or maybe you purchased a door from a company as previously mentioned. And maybe you got real lucky when you put a GM door on and fit perfect.....but the bottom line Gentleman is that we are talking about a car that was massed produced in 1969 by GM and sorry to say the fit and finish was less than perfect.

[70 copo]

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1/4 panels, fenders, trunk lids, cowl induction hoods, weatherstrip, rocker moldings, bumpers, door handles, window cranks, dash carriers, seat trim, etc...(i'm sure many folks can add to this list) Every one of these items have visual and structural (and ofter fitment) differences between repro and original GM parts. I agree original GM stuff isnt always perfect, nor are over the counter pieces from GM always identical to factory installed stuff. Just saying its not gonna be hard to ID a repro body from a GM one.

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Joe,

Will be real easy. Repop bodies will not have the Fisher Body date stampings. Once you know where to look it is easy to spot a repop.

Phil