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use as litle of the repo skin as feasably possibile / needed.
Unless absolutly necessary , DO NOT go above the body line

I know of 2 challenger going back into the shop this winter to have the fuel filler area replaced.



Here is an example of the problem fuel door area. This is a car we took on after body and paint had been done elsewhere. The flip-top base would not even fit into the hole on the reproduction 1/4 another shop had installed. The mounting flange area was too small and the outer edge was beveled on the reproduction. It should be more like a 90 degree turn in.
I cut a section from an original and grafted it in.

Another give-away of a reproduction 1/4 (besides the wheel opening) is the horizontal body line. On the originals it very slightly curves downwards and then up towards the door. The reproductions I've seen are a straight diagonal line with no curvature.

Steve

www.clarkclassic.com



I ran into the exact same problem 5 yrs. ago on my Challenger resto. I bought the 1/4's from Sherman, and discovered the problem after the bodywork & paint was done. I was pissed, to say the least. I called Sherman, and got that age-old reply: "We've never had that problem before". Yeah, Right! I did complain loud and hard, and they refunded me 125.00 for my troubles. I did what you did, got a fuel filler opening from an original 1/4, cut the mis-shaped section out, & placed the orig. opening in from behind. Not exactly factory correct, but no one has noticed, and it saved another trip back to paint jail, and more expense. A little re-engineering, and problem solved.
Still in all, what an inexcusable problem on a POS repro part....