Hello everyone,
Some of you might have been following me in another thread that has recently been discussing replacement rocker panels. As many of you already know we currently are out of Toyota replacement panels for pretty much any section of any Celica (ST, GT, GTS, Alltrac). Its also coming that time where all these limited/rare cars are becoming junk yard queens and crusher material for cans. Ive been looking for years to find cars in junk yards i can salvage good panels from but even that is starting to get slim and All-trac panels (floor pans, rear quarters) are harder to come by as with the pans you need to find an All-trac and rear fenders either an All-Trac or GTS.
This is all well and good Nate but what in the world are you getting at???!!!
There is a company in Canada that I have been discussing the possibility of forming us panels so that we may always have ready access to replacement metal. They have agreed to give this a shot and the only requirement is that we send him panels to get measurements (I also have to send him ALOT more images of the car before we send anything to make sure the section can be formed). At this point I dont think we need perfect panels but the less rot the better im sure. I will be attempting to use the Panels from my All-Trac but some sections are barely together (my drivers floor pan for example might as well not be there).
So the purpose of this thread is to get a listing of people who need panels and what they are plus a list of people with panels they would be willing to send to help us develop the panels. Let me know all your thoughts, concerns, etc etc and I hope we can get something going for us all!
EDIT: In no means am i benefiting (other than having access to buy new sheet metal panels from another source) or profiting out of this, the sole purpose of this is to get panels to restore my personal Celica All-Trac as well as helping our community preserve these cars for future use.
Some of you might have been following me in another thread that has recently been discussing replacement rocker panels. As many of you already know we currently are out of Toyota replacement panels for pretty much any section of any Celica (ST, GT, GTS, Alltrac). Its also coming that time where all these limited/rare cars are becoming junk yard queens and crusher material for cans. Ive been looking for years to find cars in junk yards i can salvage good panels from but even that is starting to get slim and All-trac panels (floor pans, rear quarters) are harder to come by as with the pans you need to find an All-trac and rear fenders either an All-Trac or GTS.
This is all well and good Nate but what in the world are you getting at???!!!
There is a company in Canada that I have been discussing the possibility of forming us panels so that we may always have ready access to replacement metal. They have agreed to give this a shot and the only requirement is that we send him panels to get measurements (I also have to send him ALOT more images of the car before we send anything to make sure the section can be formed). At this point I dont think we need perfect panels but the less rot the better im sure. I will be attempting to use the Panels from my All-Trac but some sections are barely together (my drivers floor pan for example might as well not be there).
So the purpose of this thread is to get a listing of people who need panels and what they are plus a list of people with panels they would be willing to send to help us develop the panels. Let me know all your thoughts, concerns, etc etc and I hope we can get something going for us all!
EDIT: In no means am i benefiting (other than having access to buy new sheet metal panels from another source) or profiting out of this, the sole purpose of this is to get panels to restore my personal Celica All-Trac as well as helping our community preserve these cars for future use.