Parting out A-Bodies
I got real lucky with my build. I talked to AMD when they had a sale on '68 rear quarter panels. I got the last set they had before going to the generic version without running light holes. AMD installed them and the rear valance all for a reasonable price. Shipping the car from Denver to Atlanta was only $1600 so that was worth it. As the 'Cuda is black, the body work had to be perfect and new fenders were the only way to go as my car had multiple hits in each rear quarter over the 54 years I have owned it. But the sheet metal was the cheap part. The body work and paint at $600/gal was far more expensive than metal work.
I got real lucky with my build. I talked to AMD when they had a sale on '68 rear quarter panels. I got the last set they had before going to the generic version without running light holes. AMD installed them and the rear valance all for a reasonable price. Shipping the car from Denver to Atlanta was only $1600 so that was worth it. As the 'Cuda is black, the body work had to be perfect and new fenders were the only way to go as my car had multiple hits in each rear quarter over the 54 years I have owned it. But the sheet metal was the cheap part. The body work and paint at $600/gal was far more expensive than metal work.
