AMD Hood & Decklid - Assistance Needed?

[james j]

Hello Everyone,
Please excuse my green-ness to the forum. I am a bit new here, but am in need of some assistance regarding reproduction part quality. I searched to no avail, but would appreciate any help given. I am taking my ’68 in for body and paint and I have a decklid and hood that may be too far beyond gone to save. While I know that AMD gathers usually the highest regards for quarter panels, how are they for hoods and decklids? …does anyone have any experience with these parts from them? I recently bought both full quarters from them, and while the driver side looks good, the pass. side’s lines aren’t as crisp, and there are a good number of tooling marks, so I figure that it would be best to check again before ordering.


Thanks in advance,


JJ

 

[Cletus]

Replaced my '68 Satellite hood with AMD's RR/GTX hood - fits just great. As for AMD QC, I had only a minor issue with the one of the hood hinge threads, as it was not properly set in its position - nothing a little dab with a MIG welder couldn't fix. But, as for the fit, I had no issues (apart from my skewed fenders, but that's not the hood's fault).

 

[Propwash]

Got an AMD hood on my '69 Roadrunner. Happy with it...built well.

 

[Pistol Pete]

AMD can be hit and miss. At this time I don't believe they make a decklid for a '68 though.

 

[FJ5 chally]

Throw your AMD crap away, and go original sheet metal.. Better QC controls ans stronger sheet metal (no Chinese crap)... Sorry to all you AMD lovers, that's just my opinion..

 

[plumgtx]

are AMD panels made in USA or china?

 

[Pistol Pete]

Taiwan I believe.

 

[moparmarks]

All AMD is made in Taiwan and is hit or miss so I hear tell. Only AMD I've use was for Chevy and fit rather well.

 

[drc270]

I purchased AMD metal for my 68RR. The full piece trunk fit perfectly, the quarters did not fit worth a **** . They required major surgery...

 

[eldubb440]

some AMD panels fit better than others, ive seen differences in parts for the same model car purchased only a couple months apart........ that being said, its up to the installer to make minor modifications and adjustments...... if you expect to assemble multiple pieces of sheet metal and have everything fit perfectly, you are dreaming....... a little "dice and slice" here and there accompanied by a bit of mud work is common, and often necessary to achieve near perfection........IMO, the choice of who performs the work is much more important

 

[MGKelly]

Is AMD the recommended choice for repro sheet metal?

 

[Rick@Laysons]

"its up to the installer to make minor modifications and adjustments...... if you expect to assemble multiple pieces of sheet metal and have everything fit perfectly, you are dreaming....... a little "dice and slice" here and there accompanied by a bit of mud work is common, and often necessary to achieve near perfection........IMO, the choice of who performs the work is much more important"

TRUE THAT!!!!! The finished result is a direct reflection of the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the person who performed the work. These old cars are NOT 1:1 scale models where every part fits every car exactly the same. Even the jigs and fixtures used back in the day on the assembly line had built-in tolerances so that sheetmetal could be welded together within a specified range of acceptable dimensions before moving to the next work station.

 

[eldubb440]

Is AMD the recommended choice for repro sheet metal?

in my opinion, yes...... for many parts, they are the only company