Plymouth Fury '69-'71 2-door repro Lower Quarter Panels

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Hi everyone,

Has anyone ever tried these ?

Plymouth Fury 69-71 Lower Quarter Panel 2 Door

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Yes. Unfortunately they're only a very rough approximation of the true shape of the factory original 1/4. Add to that the gauge of metal used is not as thick as the original.

You'll have more hours into massaging that stuff into shape than it's worth - you're better off getting used sheet metal from a desert state and dealing with the dents.
 
Why do you say that ?
Any experience with them ?
There are NO good aftermarket panels for C bodies out there period. All of the ones out there no matter who is selling them or who's name is on them are all basically the same lousy very inaccurate stamping. In this particular ad that isn't even the right panel for what they're advertising it for. Until AMD starts making them which will never happen if you can't source good used panels you might as well save your money and make them from scratch.
 
Being new to C bodies a few years back I ordered a set of those thinking I hit paydirt. Needless to say I now have plenty of sheet metal to fab patchpanels.
 
Cut out the damaged area, take it to your local wrecking yard and start looking. Keep spinning it and laying it on different cars in different places, you never know what may have similar contours. We used an old fender for patches elsewhere on the car.


Alan
 
Find a good local panelbeater, or vo-tech (if thats what they still call it) with a metal shop, or used.
 
Why do you say that ?
Any experience with them ?

The gauge of the metal is to thin and they are flat with a crease whereas the factor quarter panel has a contoured curve.

A good body person could use one to make a small patch panel but otherwise you are much better off buying a panel of rust free parts car.
 
ok, this question comes up quite a bit. i bought a pair of these as seconds (damaged). they were cut in half . since they were cheap, for an experiment i thought i would see what i could make out of them. i'm using a pair of original skirts to size up the wheel opening and approximate the contours. here is what i have found.
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green: the body line should taper from front to rear. it does not
red: the lower side of the body line is indented. it should be flush with the top ridge of the body line and curve to the lower edge of the panel
yellow: the curve should be more from this point down
pink: the wheel opening shape is wrong here. should be shorter in the front and longer in the rear.
blue: this is the tough part as there should be an inward angle around the inside of the wheel opening approximately 3/4" and then returning to the flat inner lip.

all of this without fitting it to the car for any final changes and adjustments. the opening for the reflector will need to be addressed also.
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here is an example (not mine)of what it should look like. if i get the chance i will get pictures of where i'm at on this project.
 
If anyone is interested, I have never used pair of 69 - 71 Fury 2 door patch panels that were made in Canada back in the mid 1990's that I have no use for. $200 for the pair. I can bring them to Carlisle but they are too long to ship. I think that they are a little bit better quality than those that are available today but they still have most of the same issues.
 
Why do you say that ?
Any experience with them ?

repros are all bad.
You need an excellent local body guy.
I got several of those in Germany how can just built a panel as needed.
I am sure there will be some in Belgium, too

Carsten
 
Here is the FLAT (in three planes) replacement panel overlaid on an a 72 Fury.
Can you see how it's impossible to "wrap" the panel in all three planes and have everything line up? It can't be done.

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Try conforming a playing card to the surface of football without wrinkling it. You can't.
You can't curve a playing card in two planes at once.
 
Here is the FLAT (in three planes) replacement panel overlaid on an a 72 Fury.
Can you see how it's impossible to "wrap" the panel in all three planes and have everything line up? It can't be done.

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Try conforming a playing card to the surface of football without wrinkling it. You can't.
You can't curve a playing card in two planes at once.
that is a perfect example of what i was trying to illustrate above. it shows everything that i was trying to explain. it can be done but it takes a lot of slicing and dicing in the wheel opening to get the curvature right. removing the indent under the body line is proving difficult and i'm not sure what if anything can be done to fix the taper of the body line.
 
roughed in. can't do much more without it being firmly attached (welded) to the car.
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I used some of those on my 71 Fury Gran Coupe (pics attached) a few years ago. Not the best quality panels. These are the same low quality that come from one provider and many different sellers at greatly different prices. Here are a couple others on eBay:https://www.ebay.com/itm/69-71-Plymouth-Fury-Right-Lower-Quarter-Panel-2-Door, or: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Plymouth-Fury-2-or-4-Door-Quarter-1-4-Panel-Left-1969-1971 at lower prices.
Quality is about a "D". Fit about a "C-". Availability is a "B". If there were any other choices out of the rust-free West, I"d recommend it, but if you are in Ohio, Michigan, PA, etc, the rust forces you to go with what you can.
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I used some of those on my 71 Fury Gran Coupe (pics attached) a few years ago. Not the best quality panels. These are the same low quality that come from one provider and many different sellers at greatly different prices. Here are a couple others on eBay:https://www.ebay.com/itm/69-71-Plymouth-Fury-Right-Lower-Quarter-Panel-2-Door, or: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Plymouth-Fury-2-or-4-Door-Quarter-1-4-Panel-Left-1969-1971 at lower prices.
Quality is about a "D". Fit about a "C-". Availability is a "B". If there were any other choices out of the rust-free West, I"d recommend it, but if you are in Ohio, Michigan, PA, etc, the rust forces you to go with what you can.View attachment 258293

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how did you remedy the front to rear taper on the body line?
 
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