Welcome to the new Product Review section! Here members will be able to compare their experiences with various parts & products they have used. FAQ | Site Map | 348-409 Home Page | Message board | Photo albums | Donate | 348-409 Products   Home · Search · Member List · · Register · Login  Home » Reproduction Parts » Body (sheetmetal, bumpers, brackets, etc) « Previous Product  · Next Product » 63 rear tail panel 63 rear tail panel Reviews Views Date of last review 1 4430 Mon January 22, 2007 Recommended By Average Price Average Rating 100% of reviewers $89.95 9.0 supersize supersize supersize supersize supersize Description: A reproduction rear tail panel for 1963 full size Chevrolet. $89.95 Keywords: 63 Chevy Impala reproduction rear tail panel Author bobs409 Administrator Registered: April 2003 Location: Pottsville, Pa Posts: 5226 Review Date: Mon January 22, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $89.95 | Rating: 9    Pros: Excellent fit, good thickness Cons: 2 small brackets did not match my originals This repro part is very well made. Fit was perfect and the thickness felt like the original part I removed. This comes with the 3 inner brackets plus the 2 small pieces the trunk bumpers hit against. Pic 1 shows my car after the panel was removed. Be prepared to work to get the this stage as this piece is spot welded to the hilt! After destroying 2 spot weld cutters, I had to finish with a drill bit and grinder for the last few. The center bracket/latch still to be removed. Pic 2 shows the panel is fitted. Perfect! You can see all the holes I drilled for the next welding step. Since I don't own a spot welder (yet), I simply drilled holes and plug welded each. The gray primer you see is a special "weld thru" primer which will help avoid any future rust under the panel and at the welds Pic 3 shows the panel after all the brackets have been installed and all welds smoothed down. Pic 4 shows the brackets better. The small white pieces are my originals that I chose to reuse. The only part of this repro package I didn't care for was were these 2 small pieces. The repro's were a bit shorter and did not match my originals n shape. My originals had X18 stamped on them and although I have no idea what that means, I wanted to keep them so I transfered them over to the repro brackets. (Not hard to do, only 2 small welds each to drill out) Pic 5 shows the job all done and seam area primed. Brush on seam sealer to mimic the original, the prime and paint to finish. As I mentioned, a great repro part. If it weren't for those 2 small brackets that were not correct, I would give this a 10. This piece is a bit pricey but when you need one, you need it. Plus, it's too hard of a piece to remove from a parts car due to all the spot welds. ------------------------------ My Toys: 1963 Chevy Impala 283/PG 3.36 1966 Chevy Impala 327/PG 3.36 1966 Chevy Chevelle SS 409/M22 3.55 1968 Chevy Chevelle 305/PG 3.08 (parts car) 1969 Chevy Chevelle 307/PG 3.08 1969 Chevy C10 stepside 350/TH350 3.73 Soon to be 454 1969 Chevy C30 wrecker 350/4 spd 4.10 [COLOR=red]Newest [/COLOR]toy 1971 Chevy C20 pickup 305/4 spd 4.10 1972 Chevy Chevelle 454/M21 4.10 Bob's Classic Auto Parts: http://bobsclassicautoparts.ecrater.com/ 1963superiorcombo@gmail.com1963superior@excite.com http://www.348-409.com/bait.html   Powered by: ReviewPost PHP Copyright 2003 All Enthusiast, Inc. © 2012 (MMXII) www.348-409.com No portion of this page including text, images or code, may be copied, reproduced, published or distributed in any medium without the expressed written permission of the copyright holder.