1966 Valiant rear quarter patch panel question

Valiantjim said
I understand it's a consideration past point of reference for many but I've got to say after many years (50) from rust belt to Southwest the key consideration for your MOPAR unit body projects has got to be rust. I'm an unreasonable 66 V100 fanatic and given their rubber floor-mat over jute floor pan curse that renders beautiful appearing cars floorless, I'm no sucker for superfisciously good looking A-Bodies. The logical approach for me is seeking out and preserving unrusted survivors where they exist. In the last year I've traveled to both western Arizona and New Mexico to haul in V100 hulks. The cost of a road trip with trailer far outweighs the pain of trying to fit repro panels into rotted unit bodies.

Your current location is a benefit to you. In the northeast, the picking is not so good. I've bought 4 cars from down south and really only one of these was what it was stated to be. What I'm saying is that there's no replacing going down to see what you're buying, or having a good representative that knows what you know and where to look for it. You really have to assume that less than half of the info is true, or true as you are preceiving it to be. There is a guy down you way that you probably know , Daryl F. , that boasts having all kinds of Coronet parts, that I needed for a past project ( I'll leave his name and business out). I paid "up" for perfect fenders and hood from him...what I got was bad enough that I never used them, the hood was arguably the ugliest piece of metal that I've ever seen. I wish that I could take a month and head down your way to look in old barns and fields...life or wife won't let that happen.

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