What is everyone’s opinion of wide body flares?

Dartswinger70 said
These cars are 50 plus years old and thats what it costs. 3000 is a number but its a number that shouldnt hurt that bad. Or should i say it shouldnt be a jaw dropper in 2023. Finding ways of doing it cheap is a plus but what do you end up with in the end? the OP wants to do flares, OK are you going over the rust? Cutting it out? How is he going to do it? If hes keeping the car hell have to address that if hes flipping it its someone elses decision. Its all it is decisions noone is right or wrong it comes down to what a persons vision of the finished car is. MY Dart, in the end will be nice Ill never get out of it what I have in it. I stopped keeping track of what I ve spent for that reason i dont wanna know...:)

Thats a good idea go to a yard cut some sheet metal use it for patches on something else. If you have the skill thats a low buck source of new metal.

What? You're the one that said he wasn't doing his own work if it cost "thousands" to fix the problem he's got with his car. Remember, you said this...

Dartswinger70 said
Thousands of dollars? for what quarter skins trunk extensions and possible patches in the wheelhouses? You guys arent paying people to do your body work are you...? AAARREE YOOOOUUUU? :)

Which is utter horse crap. Quarter skins, trunk extensions, and some "patches" in the wheelhouses, PLUS paint, will likely cost a couple thousand just in metal and materials even if there isn't much more damage than what the slabbed on bondo is directly over the top of. If there is more, which there probably is if the bondo is that thick all the way up at the quarter lip, then it's quarters and wheelhouses and extensions, and the metal alone will cost $2k+, plus paint, so yeah, exactly the "several thousand dollars" the OP was talking about even if he does it himself.

The OP said right in his first post he was looking for a temporary solution while he saves up for the real fix. The OP never said he was surprised about the cost to fix the car, just said he couldn't do it now. You're the one that implied a repair costing "thousands of dollars" was the OP paying someone. Really, the only way that job gets done for "several thousand dollars" is if the OP does it himself. No shop worth a crap would even consider doing that repair for a few grand.

DionR said
Got to see this car in person recently, didn't realize he is a member here.

Pushrod rear suspension, correct? Link?

Really nice car. Very well done, in my opinion.

Yeah, would love to see more info on that build!