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I personally think AMD is manufacturer of the year for 08.....look at what they have brought out and have scheduled for next year-
68-72 Plymouth B Qtrs
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There has NEVER been a better time for aftermarket Sheetmetal thanks to AMD.

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I was happy with the clean lines on my68 Road Runner quarter, a nice step up.

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UPDATE:
I have spoken to Ron at Classic Body Designs about the 1/4 panels.He is a great guy,and very concerned about what is being said about his panels by myself and others on this forum.Let me say again,I am glad these panels are available.

I wish I could have spoken to him before I posted originally.

I don't want to cause grief to Ron or anyone else here.I was trying to report what I see in an unbiased way,and I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression.
As I said before,the issues I found are correctable and mostly minor.The overall fitment of the panels is nice.
I have only fit the right 1/4 panel to the car.
Ron has gone to great expense and work to get these panels made,and made in USA.I feel bad about how this forum may affect him.
In the past we all have had to patch up 1/4's,or use the 3/4 height skins,or search for NOS or salvage used 1/4 panels.Now we have full 1/4's available.I commend Ron at CBD for making these panels available.Let's support him and other companies too,so that more products will be made for our cars.

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Here is a link to my webshots.com album with pics w/comments of the 68 Charger R/T we are doing. I'm not thrilled with the quality of the AMD quarters. I wish I had a CBD left quarter to set on the car just to compare the quality differences. This AMD quarter panel is an 1/8" longer than the OEM quarter Panel so I will be shortening it at the door jamb!
Brad
Dorn Autocraft

http://rides.webshots.com/album/569581471zvlGib?vhost=rides&start=0

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Let me first say I mean no offense to anyone,I'm not a bodyman. I have been reading all the posts on charger quarter panels because I will be needing some for my car.It's hard to judge who's panel's are good or not with all these different replies. Some of you guys seem awfully picky about the fit of both panels, Again no offense, if I had a bodyguy doing my car I would want him to be picky. Are you guys saying if you had an OEM panel it would fit perfect with no modification at all ?? I don't see how anyone could make a panel and have it fit perfect on every car, these cars are 40 years old. How do you know if the body may have flexed or have been damaged over the years of its life and thats why the panel doesn't fit perfect?? I'm trying to under stand everyones opinions on these panels ?? When you say your not happy with the fit or the panels do you mean you don't think the panels are worth the money you paid for them and you wouldn't buy them again ?? Aren't both these panels better than what you had to work with ?? Maybe I'm thinking too much or just reading these post wrong, some guys don't sound to happy. When it comes time to do my car I was looking at the AMD panels because for me $699.00 is a lot easier to do than $1000.00 to $1500.00 for the CBD panels. But, I also believe in the old saying you get what you pay for !! But there is a big price difference between the two panels. Maybe its me but this is very confusing to me.

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UPDATE !
OK ! I now have AMD 1/4 panels to do a side by side comparison and test fit of both brands on the same car.
First off.CBD packaging is better.AMD packaging is OK,but the rough treatment shippers seem to use will damage anything not packed in 10" of foam all around.
Pulling the AMD 1/4's out of the boxes and first examination shows:
Side marker for the 1969 is well stamped and the original marker fits in and looks right.
The panels have black EDP primer making it easier to see damage/flaws etc.
There are some waves,but nothing extreme.
Picking up the panels,it felt heavy.So I got out my bathroom scale,and while holding the panel,I weighed myself and subtracted my own weight to arrive at this:
OEM original mopar 1/4 panel[with no undercoating inside since it was an NOS part once] = 30 lbs
Classic Body Designs 1/4 panel = 29 lbs
Auto Metal Direct 1/4 panel = 40 lbs
Yes the AMD 1/4 panel is 10 lbs heavier.Done on a bathroom scale,so there is room for error here,but a did the weighing twice for each panel and got the same results each time.I did not have a micrometer handy,but it looks heavier guage than the OEM or CBD panels to the naked eye.
Giving the AMD panel a firm press with a finger,it did not deflect at all.It is rigid feeling where the CBD and OEM panels have some flex[which is normal]Probably since the panel is heavier guage metal,it is just more rigid.
The lower rear body line,which on an original Charger is rounder than all the other body lines,is too sharp on the AMD panel.I took a piece of solid round stock about 1 3/4 in diameter,and using it as a dolly,gently rounded the line,and it looks good now with no filler work needed since the metal is heavy enough to work and metal finish.
I see also that the AMD panel comes with the reinforcement already attached inside where the roof sail panel makes the transition to the trunk opening.Nice because it keeps the contour right.
Comparing the edges,the AMD panel is crisper all around than the CBD panel.The door ,trunk,wheel opening and rear 1/4 "boomerang'extension folds are as sharp as the OEM panel,and the extension fit right on.
OK, so now for the test fit.I had the car all ready to accept a panel.Nice flanges,old spotwelds dressed down flush etc.The AMD panels fit right on with no trimming whatsoever.Slid right under the roof panel lip,and into the jambs.So did the CBD panel for that matter.
Once fit on and jiggled around ,it fits quite well.The door gap is very nice in fact,and the trunk gap too.The contour is right at the trunk surface,and the ducktail contour matches too.The rear window flange is off some and needs some hammer/dolly work to reshape it to make it match the pinchweld flange here.There is some stamping waves in the inner sail area where a vinyl top rolls around to the window.No problem on a vinyl top car,but would need some smoothing on a painted roof car here.The lower forward area where the 1/4 wraps under the rocker area needs a little massaging too since the angled drains look a little different than the OEM and the flange is a little uneven,but again workable with a little hammer, dolly time.
The wheel opening appears to be quite close.Not perfect, but it should all come together when fully clamped in place.I did not have a wheel opening moulding handy to test fit.
The body lines match to the door very well.and the lines are sharp enough. There is a slight bulge to both the lt and rt 1/4's ahead of the marker light that will need some finessing once all installed.
The very rear lower edge that the valance corner fits to needed a slight reshaping to get the gap straight,but nothing serious.
The holes for the window fuzzies are all there,but are maybe 1/16" - 1/8" too high.I tried the belt moulding and it fits well.I don't see a problem here since on Chargers,the fuzzies sit lower down than the belt moulding so they are almost unseen from the outside.
Overall,I think the AMD panel fits well.
So no repro panels are perfect.NOS is almost unobtainable.Now we have choices.
So there you have my first impressions.I will be fitting both the CBD and AMD panels more and will post any other findings.

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Thanks for all the work you did Killer in passing along this info.