Interchange Repair Panels 1969 Fury at Rear Window

[1970FuryConv]

I need help from someone with a body book. Another member, Aidan1976, purchased a 1969 county police car thru me. It’s a PK21K9D. It is at my home in Virginia. As many of you know, it has a bad rust hole at the right side rear corner of the c-pillar. Since Aidan is in Australia, he could avoid a lot of shipping costs if we send patch panels with the car.

It looks like from my 1969 Chrysler Parts book that a 21 model has the same roofline as a 29 and a 43 model. I’m notsure, but I believe that a 1970 or 1971 21, 29, or 43 might also provide a patch panel. Can anyone tell me whether 21, 23, and 43 model cars for the years I mentioned will provide patch panels for the area behind the roof, even if the panel has to go all the way across?

 

[commando1]

He's waaaaaaaaaaaaay better off fabbing them.

 

[1970FuryConv]

Still Learning

As far as fabbing panels, my information is dated. I had a 1969 Monaco 43 Body, with rust across the bottom of the rear window. The rust created a 3" slot under the rear window and also destroyed the lower panel between the front of the trunk lid and the bottom of the rear window. The upper panel in the same area was largely intact. The body man who did my car asked a repair panel. Per his instructions, I called a junkyard on Florida and the owner cut a piece from a 1969 Fury 2-door. The piece extended from the front corners of the package tray along the inside of the c-pillars and back to the front corners of the trunk. I paid for the piece and had it shipped to the body man who then finished and painted my car. This was 17 years ago.

In this case of Aidan's 1969 Fury, it would be better for the bodyman to fab panels? I'm still learning and I was wondering why. I was thinking that an L shaped piece needed to be cut from the right rear corner of the trunk to the center of rear window.

 

[68plymouth383]

www.cbodies.com Or find a good donor car...........

 

[polara71]

So is he looking for the Dutchman, the roof or top of the quarter

 

[67Monaco]

so is he looking for a unicorn

fify

 

[polara71]

No, they're all fairly easy

 

[67Monaco]

No, they're all fairly easy

Un-rusted?

 

[polara71]

There is enough parts cars that come through here to know the answer is yes. I've seen NOS Dutchman's on e bay.

Problem is, taking them off to send across the ocean

 

[68plymouth383]

So is he looking for the Dutchman, the roof or top of the quarter

Yes... Yes.... And Yes....

 

[68plymouth383]

Iam thinking a whole roof with rear quarter legs, dutchman panel, and pass rear quarter.
That rust looks pretty intense. Did he buy it to make a conv. Out of it??

 

[Aidan1976]

Iam thinking a whole roof with rear quarter legs, dutchman panel, and pass rear quarter.
That rust looks pretty intense. Did he buy it to make a conv. Out of it??

No, I like the car and just want to save it. It's a fantastic piece of US Automotive history, and pretty unique, so I think that it is worth doing.

 

[Aidan1976]

www.cbodies.com Or find a good donor car...........

Thanks!

 

[1970FuryConv]

Iam thinking a whole roof with rear quarter legs, dutchman panel, and pass rear quarter.
That rust looks pretty intense. Did he buy it to make a conv. Out of it??

The top of roof really isn't bad. The car did not have a vinyl top. It was two tone paint. The top of the roof is not porous. It doesn't have all the vinyl top pin hole rust. I was thinking package tray and Dutchman as a cut out and then right side quarter leg all the way back. Left side is not nearly as bad. Car must have been leaning right and down at the front so water could pool against rear window on right side.

 

[68plymouth383]

Looks like the trunklid has some swiss cheese also....... Its better to source rustfree metal in the states and send with then pay international shipping for large body panels.

 

[Pete Kaczmarski]

As I said when the car was listed that 2k was too high 1k was what it should of been sold for. Perhaps a complete second parts car is the best route to go.

 

[polara71]

As I said when the car was listed that 2k was too high 1k was what it should of been sold for. Perhaps a complete second parts car is the best route to go.

Excellent idea!

 

[Fury Pursuit]

As I said when the car was listed that 2k was too high 1k was what it should of been sold for. Perhaps a complete second parts car is the best route to go.

Obviously you were wrong, sold car. The asking price was very, very fair considering the rarity of the vehicle. And obviously parts car is always the best way to go when doing a full restoration. I would use original sheet metal whenever possible. And from the photos posted, the metal work isn't that complicated.

In my humble opinion, many of the "C body guys/gals" in this arena have to get over the "buy it at wholesale and sell it at retail" mentality.

 

[Greg B.]

Who cares about $1000? Seriously, assuming this car is brought back to life down in Oz, the owner is going to be into it for many, many times that amount. I can only presume he has the resources to see it through. An extra thou is insignificant in the overall scheme of things.

 

[Pete Kaczmarski]

No one wants to pay more than what is "fair" for an item. I based my comments on what I paid for my "70 Fury "Pursuit" and what surprises that were found when into the project. With the holes in the body that large, what does it look like for the floor boards etc. If one continues to pay double the amount for the restoration then it will quickly exceed the value of the vehicle. Unless, one has alot of expendable income.