My body guy and I talked about the Goodmark ebody cowl for my '70 Challenger. Are there any reviews on it yet? I have a couple of parts cowls I could drill, but if a repop is just as good it doesen't make sense to go to the trouble of "doing it twice" as my body guy puts it. I would tig in the original VIN in the repop, but I'm concerned about fit and final appearance! Thanks in advance for you comments!

'70 440 R/T Top Banana Convertible

Here is my take on closely looking at the reproductions at the Nationals last week. On the cowl, there are some minor issues that I could see. First, there is supposed to be a little nub to hold the ballast resistor (near the wiper motor). On 70s its one way and on 72 up its another. The reporduction does not have this nub. Also, there are a couple of dimples that appear not to be there. The firewall was the same way. There were a few missing dimples (compared to the 70 I have) and some of the bends did not look as crisp. I have been pretty intimate with the firewall and cowl on my project. Would I purchase these if I didn't have the parts car? Sure would. There was nothing I saw that couldn't be fixed or modified to the correct year. I can't comment on the exact fit though, but since that part of the car is pretty hidden, there is probably some allowance for fit up that wouldn't be noticed.

welding in the original VIN will look like the car has been rebodied or is a clone if anyone ever scrapes the paint off. This could come back to bite you later. If possible, I'd suggest only replacing the rotten portions and leaving as much original cowl as possible.

Tav

Restamping would look worse than having the originals welded in. If saving the original is not an option, then weld in the biggest piece of the original with the #'s that you can.

Tav

the body section on cuda-challenger.com had a pretty good thread on this a month or so ago. I believe a poster named "lunch" or "lunchbox" had some good pictures of the repro vs an original.

anyone have a link?

Tav

Try this link, scroll down a bit. Not sure if you have to register or not to view.

http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=43188.0