Yes it was very obvious that the original metal was much thicker. But again to have those ultra true body lines.
also he did try like I said patch panels on the driver side and they just ended up looking like they were going to need another for $500 worth of body work. Why not just spend the 650 and buy an entire new quarter panel and have it pinned straight just like the other one....
Or have a cheap hundred and $50 panel and $500 worth of body work and end up with big chunks of Bondo basically for the same ballpark price....
of course not arguing or anything that's just a conclusion we came up with for his car....