72 duster Build progress

didnt know you had a thread going, Ill check it out.

not sure on what kind of a budget your on....but you can get a new tail panel decently priced. I think mine was selling for $279.00 on jegs.com and I spoke with a women through emails at jegs and I think she discounted it quite a bit if i remember correctly. I want to say I got the panel for around $230 shipped.

if the panel you got for yours is just a matter of a couple bent edges ( I am assuming your talking about the 'flaps" that spot weld at the ends and are hidden by lead from the factory) its nothing a little hammering and grinding wont solve. and I think from what your saying is the bottom doesnt quite meet up with the trunk floor.....which I beleive.....that is an issue with swapping tail panels.....I want to say to put a dart sport or demon tail panel on a duster (or vice versa or swapping one of them to another...cant remember which off hand) that there is some slight differences ...one of which being the issue with the trunk floor area. it can be remedied with a little creative fab work so its not that it cant be done.....its just not a DIRECT swap in some cases if I remember correctly.