I bought a pair of those exact panels for my '69 300, from Sherman..the car that's in my first post.
But I found out like you, they were just flat stamped metal, in other words JUNK!
So I got a Hemmings book..( no Internet in 1985) did research, and found a place near Phoenix Arizona
called Mr. Good Parts...a scrap yard, that sold all rust free metal. I had them ship me, two FULL
Quarter panels, came with inner wheel wells, and trunk extensions. They were cut off of a two door hardtop car.
They showed up by semi truck in front of my house, strapped to big pallets! They were supposed to be
delivered to the body shop, my car was at, and someone had screwed up! Luckily my body shop
came out, and picked them up. Those panels are still on the car today.

1987 Chrysler Fifth Avenue. Bought it high school as just a beater after my '80 Buick Century got totaled in a wreck. My friend's Dad was is a big Mopar guy who at the time had a '66 Dart drag car and a '66 Coronet Convertible gave me a 360 to rebuild and put in the car. Learned a lot and just ended up keeping the car. Been through at least 4 different engine combos over the years.

1969 Dodge Dart GTS 383 Auto
I bought the car in 1979. It had been road hard and had a tough life.
My cousin was friends with the guy who bought it brand new in 69. Mc Credie Dodge in Keokuk IA.
He was shocked to see me pull up in the thing.

First MoPar I bought was the same car I'm finishing now.... 40 years ago paid $150.

1973 Cuda. Got it 1979, my jr yr of high school for $500. Still have the car.

my first Mopar was a 1961 Chrysler Windsor 4dr when I just made my drivers liscense. Unfortunatly I don't have a pic on hand.

Carsten

The pentastar on the pumpkin is a nice touch.

I have added the Pentastar throughout my build as well.

LOL Thanks!
We were diehard MoPar guys, I wish I took a pic of what I had on my dash!!! It was 40 years ago, people stilllll bring it up.
Car was all MoPar, in the above pic it had no frame, it was all MoPar unibody. Drove incredible, so good I kept and reused the front clip when I redid the car!

Mr. Goodparts - Brad Stoler. We ran into him a few times out in Phoenix - he was getting some of the leftovers we passed on. I wonder if Brad is still alive - I think he was a real druggie. The company I owned with my partner operated from around 1981 to when I sold it in 1995. Anybody buy stuff from Rare Iron Co? That was us. Our parts came hand-picked out of TX, NM, AZ, NV, & CA. We were the big guys.

Well Brad ( Mr. Good Parts) was very professional when I dealt with him, on my Chrysler 300 parts.
He was very friendly, and helpful, when dealing with him over the phone, back and forth.
He shipped everything exactly as I ordered from him. So I was very satisfied with
his service and company.

Does a 76 Aspen count

1972, sophomore in high school, just turned 16, working at a gas station for $1.00 an hour pumping gas, $1.25 when I changed oil or tires outside on the lift.

Found a '67 Coronet 2drht with a bad small block. Not a bad looking car for dark brown. Local junk yard had a crashed squad with a 383 and a lot of miles. Sold my Yamaha 360 Enduro and gave $50 for the car, $100 for the 383 and tranny and swapped it in auto shop. Wasn't real fast with the tall rear gears. So, I pulled a set of 3.91s from a van in the local junk yard ($5) and then the old Coronet WAS more fun. Still didn't win many races, but was more fun around town.

That summer, I found a B5 blue '69 SuperBee in the 'dog row' at a Chysler dealership a couple of towns away. Fresh air hood, 3.91s, bench seat, column shift, crashed driver's fender and bumper and a 'bad tranny'. $165, a couple of quarts of ATF and I drove it home. The front pump seal was torn. Must have been when they swapped the 440 in place of the 383. I started winning a few races with that car.

Then, right after I graduated high school, I found a well worn '70 340 Cuda with headers and Western aluminum slots for $750, Burnt Tan Metallic (NEVER liked that color)........................I turned down a green '69 Charger R/T with a bad engine for the same money only because the Cuda actually ran and I thought (at the time) that it was a lighter car. Sold the 'Bee for $750 and bought the Cuda.

Not too long after I got the Cuda, the local junk yard called and said they had just gotten a crashed Cuda in. Knowing I was a Mopar guy, they wanted to know if I would be interested in the 'odd' engine. It was a Shaker 440-6 car and the hood survived! I never liked the 340 in the Cuda after having the big blocks so I must have shown my excitement cause I ended up giving $250 for engine and tranny with the hood! I had to borrow some money from my dad after promising him I would ONLY race it at I-57 drag strip. That was about the time that I was introduced to christmas trees at the starting line. Until then, they had starting dials.

Oops, sorry, got carried away................................

Heck ya! Regardless, it had a bullet proof Ma Mopar drivetrain!

wow some cool stories..... my 1st car i bought in dec 1968 was a 63 fury, red, pushbutton auto, with neutral stuck pushed in... it had 135k miles, couldn't leave a patch of rubber if the tires were sitting in water- cost me 135bucks... i bought the car and paid the insurance with my own $$$ , my parents were not poor, but certainly not rich... if i wanted a car, i was on my own..

i was always envious of the guys at school who cruised in with their gto's, chevelle's etc... with their girlfriends sitting by their side.... tough getting a girl wanting to sit in a ugly red 63 fury... espec when the driver like his car are ugly...

i do think tho having to foot the bills for myself gave me some self-esteem for later in life... tho it would have been cool to have rich parents and drive around in a gto in high school

I was 16 yrs old my dad came home from work and said there was a 69 road runner for sale across the street from his work. We went the next day to look at it ( it was in 1974) 383 w/ 4spd all original 29k miles, perfect condition. My dad said we want to test drive it, he told me to drive, I had never driven a stick shift, said I can't drive it. He said if you're going to buy it you need to drive. I learned real quick. I bought for $900 that I saved up from my paper route and fast food job. I of course changed the intake and put headers on it along with several clutches over the next few months. Along with crashing it into a fire hydrant on a rainy night and then finally barrel rolling it off a 90 degree curve. WAY too much car for a 16 yr old kid trying to go as fast as he could..

From back in the 1970’s.

Hey pittsburghracer, that's Keystone Raceway in the background isn't it? I raced my '69 RR there many times in I think it opened in '70 (?) because I remember for sure I raced my RR and motorcycles at PID in '69. Have to check when Keystone opened? Anyway, a little over ten years later I sold my '69 RR to a bodyman and friend working at a friend's body shop (Jack) Toole Auto Body off of Sawmill Run on Mcneilly Rd. I'm wondering if you might have ever seen or run across the 'RR as I had talked to my friend a long while back and he raced it (mostly street raced and some track time)? Just taking a chance that you or someone may have known or seen my first car? F5 green with gold mist highlights on the body.

Pretty sure keystone opened in the 1960’s but yes that one was from keystone. The other track picture was from Nu-Be drag strip in New Bethlehem Pa.