There was a company that made 68 to 70 Charger rear quarter panels here in the USA. They were called Classic body designs. They showed the panels at most of the big Mopar shows, about a year before AMD came to be. The price of their rear quarter panels was $2495.00 each. They were nice pieces, but were made from slightly thinner gauge metal than the original ones were. When AMD started making the Charger rear quarter panels, their price was $ 699.00 each. Classic body designs then lowered their price to $1595.00 each in an attempt to complete with AMD, then to $1295.00 each before they dissapeared. AMD did look into producing them here, but like Classic body designs found out,they would not be able to compete with the competition. As it stands now, AMD has yet to make a profit on the Mopar line as a whole, meaning that the amount of tooling and development of the products has yet to be recouped. The only reason they offer the Mopar line at all, is because they are Mopar people who saw that there was no decent aftermarket sheetmetal available for our cars. While they are a business, and they expect the Mopar line to be profitable at some point, their GM and Ford sales have afforded them the luxury to offer the Mopar line, and for that we should be thankful. Whether it is made here or not it has made restoring possible for many Mopars that would have been deemed to be to far gone to restore, and they would have been used for parts or scrapped. I remember back when there was no aftermarket sheetmetal or restoration parts available for our cars, so I commend AMD and the other companies that make restoration parts for our cars,and patronize them as much as possible.
