Barracuda Jake
Member
Hi,
Has anyone used 1968 Plymouth B Body sheet metal from a 4 DR sedan on a 2 DR coupe or 2 DR hardtop? I have a 1968 Road Runner that had its passenger side quarter panel roughly cut off and I am thinking about trying to repair/replace as much of the damage as possible in as close to one or two pieces as possible from a 1968 donor car. It seems that there are a lot more rust free 4 DR sedans out there than 2 DR cars.
With that in mind I am curious whether these components would be the interchangeable between the two cars:
1. Deck Filler Panel.
2. Floor pan.
3. Trunk Floor Extension.
4. Trunk Floor.
5. inner wheelhouse.
6. outer wheelhouse.
7. inner rocker.
8. outer rocker.
9. Trunk gutter. upper.
10. Trunk gutter lower.
11. Tail Light Mount.
12. Tail Light panel.
Because my car is a post car I would still need to get the post specific sheet metal including the frame under the side window, the actual post and a post door jamb. Lastly I will need a section for the roof both the skin and the frame behind it. Note: My understanding is that the post specific pieces could come from any B body 68-70 post car and the roof piece could come from an 68-70 B body 2 door except charger.
Lastly, I realize that I could order much of this from a company like AMD but my simple mind tells me that minimizing the number of welds would be a good thing for a number of reasons. Also, I do have a NOS quarter for the car so once all the structure is in place I plan on installing the quarter.
I did find really good information on a Moparts Forum that described how to convert a 69 Belvedere from a 4 door to a 2 door and based on that article it appeared that all of the parts that I have listed are interchangeable.
I am also curious if folks generally speaking think this approach is a bad or good idea.
Thank you,
Ron
Has anyone used 1968 Plymouth B Body sheet metal from a 4 DR sedan on a 2 DR coupe or 2 DR hardtop? I have a 1968 Road Runner that had its passenger side quarter panel roughly cut off and I am thinking about trying to repair/replace as much of the damage as possible in as close to one or two pieces as possible from a 1968 donor car. It seems that there are a lot more rust free 4 DR sedans out there than 2 DR cars.
With that in mind I am curious whether these components would be the interchangeable between the two cars:
1. Deck Filler Panel.
2. Floor pan.
3. Trunk Floor Extension.
4. Trunk Floor.
5. inner wheelhouse.
6. outer wheelhouse.
7. inner rocker.
8. outer rocker.
9. Trunk gutter. upper.
10. Trunk gutter lower.
11. Tail Light Mount.
12. Tail Light panel.
Because my car is a post car I would still need to get the post specific sheet metal including the frame under the side window, the actual post and a post door jamb. Lastly I will need a section for the roof both the skin and the frame behind it. Note: My understanding is that the post specific pieces could come from any B body 68-70 post car and the roof piece could come from an 68-70 B body 2 door except charger.
Lastly, I realize that I could order much of this from a company like AMD but my simple mind tells me that minimizing the number of welds would be a good thing for a number of reasons. Also, I do have a NOS quarter for the car so once all the structure is in place I plan on installing the quarter.
I did find really good information on a Moparts Forum that described how to convert a 69 Belvedere from a 4 door to a 2 door and based on that article it appeared that all of the parts that I have listed are interchangeable.
I am also curious if folks generally speaking think this approach is a bad or good idea.
Thank you,
Ron
