b-body door cat whiskers and and window wipes get my vote!

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b-body door cat whiskers and and window wipes get my vote!

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This is true unless you buy Topcat whiskers. They work very well.

never been a fan of legendarys headliners. I dont know if im cursed, but Ive had several in a row that were sewen wrong and dont have the correct loops for the bows. ends up being a lot of work putting them in! and Ill second the crappy trunk mats. sure wouldn't think itd be that hard to come up with a better mat

I also got a Legendary headliner for my '65. 2 Panels were too wide so they never tightened up and the rear sail panel was cut too short. Also the thing must have been stored outside or been on the vendor table for a long time as the creases from the fold could never get taught, like it stretched or something. Looks like crap but its slightly better than bare metal with bows and glue splatter.

It goes for other makes too, that show that rest-mods muscle cars and sells them for huge bucks at BJ and other auctions (ie EFI, paddle shifters, tubular suspension, always blue metallic paint, 4 disc, Ford 9's on everything, etc) bought a repo Pontiac elastomeric front bumper for a GTO and it was 2 inches too narrow! I dont think they were able to use it.

Worst?

Goodmark Challenger Dutchman Panel - was too long, tested it and it fits over an NOS one that I have.

Second worst?
Year One E-Body Gas Tank Strapes - too long

am I really the first to post "PALCO DOOR PANELS"????

and how about the cardboard interior "Sail Panels" for ebodies. Right. A piece of cardboard. Not formed or shaped, just flat. And a clip that will not hold.

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am I really the first to post "PALCO

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Nope ,the hinge covers and kick panels mentioned above are both Palco.
Anything I've ever seen by Palco is very poor looks and fitwise.
Their E Body A Post plastic is awful too.

cuda inside door lock knobs...fits over the shaft but is drilled to high to allow the set screw to pass over it..better off with the originals....

I bought a headliner kit from Year One back in 2003 for the Charger. The upholstery guy found it to be too short and actually ripped it trying to get it stretched to fit. A week later, he stitched one himself (Free of charge) and installed it easily. He is a trusted professional so I feel confident that he told the truth.
The door/window fuzzies? I HAVE the ones that Year One sold in 2003. The right window is rolled up and down far less than the left side, yet it is the right that is coming apart. Not good. The Y1 sill plates had the holes drilled in a different spot than my car did. The wheel opening moldings fit well though. The package tray was nice. The door panels were an absolute work of art, as were the seat skins.

Working in the hot rod supply store for well over a year doing the S&H i saw all kinds ov ugly crap. Some ov it was just utterly unacceptable. But the worst, and i mean THE WORST abortion ov craftsmanship being passed off as replacement parts were the 69-71 Fury quarter skins... cant remember the company (not like there could be more than one). I wanted a pair for my 71 at the time, finding only rust locally, and i was warned, warned again, and then vehemently warned about dropping the idea. Well then, a year later some poor schmuck walks in and orders them, after the same warnings, he didn't care... and we got them soon after.

These things looked like some drunk toothless hillbilly high on shine and diesel fumes got angry and bent some cheap sheetmetal over a split-rail fence. They didn't even have the Fury body lines. How do you even make a mold this bad...??? Oddly, the company that made them made other models' panels in good quality... but woe betide the guy that NEEDS some quarters for his Fury...

Ugh.

Rear Valance (prob Goodmark, it was before AMD anyway) for Challenger R/T. Has to be cut and rewelded just to get close? I mean, don't they actually try these out before selling them

E Body remote door mirror gaskets. I bought two different makes - one was literally about half an inch longer than the original gasket (and obviously the mirror base) and the other the same amount shorter. It's not exactly a complex 3D shape - how difficult can it be???!!!

The old two-piece trunk pans and the older style trunk extensions.

HORRID!

I did some body work on a 66 belvedere for a friend and the poor guy brought me some real crap! The sticker on the back of this pile of crap said it was Year One 66-67 plymouth b body quarter patches. Lines where so bad that I threw them in the trunk n made my own. trunk extensions were even worse!!!! I cut pieces out of them n fixxed his originals. These cars are common n popular so why cant our lil chinese friends make sheet metal for them to?

Back in the early90's, I bought what was supposed to be Hemi resonators from YEar One "Restoration" parts. What a Rube Goldberg setup. Then there was the replacement B body radio antenna that was 72" long! This is not to mention the bright mirror finish silver cad horn relay and the starter relay that had an extra thick Made in Taiwan sticker epoxied to a prominent visible location. Don't get me started...

Most of the A12 hood pin and bezel kits to this day with the wrong lanyards, screws instead of rivets and lay down "hairpin" clips..........

MikeR