It is a great feeling getting back something looking so good. I could not leave the garage yesterday for hours! If the paint wasn't still outgasing, I would have slept in it last night.

I got a lot of money in doing the one inner fender correctly. We used a NOS 71-74 one I had, and patched in a very small portion of a new AMD one to remove the notch that would not be correct for 70 (a one yr only inner fender). Turned out nice. They also replicated some of the punches that the 70 had which the 71 did not.

I like the AMD sheet metal and consider it the best, but when compared side by side, the NOS metal is nicer and stiffer. I put an NOS trunk extension in (kept original trunk floor which was fine). Same for the inner fender, less flex, plus it felt heavier.

I now got to scramble to find a person to help me rebuild the rear end, the body shop decided not to rebuild and handed back to me in pieces. That sucks. There has to be someone decent in the chicago area, so the search begins.