The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Paint and Body Shop Who to buy patch panels from for my 57

Im sure this has been on here before, but, who sells quality patch panels. Im leaning to classic trucks of america for parts. Then I found the car and truck shop. They offer counterpart brand parts. They are less expensive so Im wondering, are they are the same thing in a different box? Has anyone out there used counterpart stuff? I mainly need the cab step and lower pillar stuff, and the lower tips for the fenders. Can you give me some advise?

most Counterpart [Chinese] parts are OK, but for what you need check with NAPA or other FLAPS for US made parts

Bill

I've had pretty good luck with fit and finish of patch panels from Grumpy's out of Phoenix, AZ. I used them for two '63s and a '66 I've built. They also carry them for 55-59: http://www.grumpystruckparts.com/productCat50366.ctlg

What is a FLAPS? Thanks 5west. Ive been told to stick with goodmark, but a lot of the sites dont list who is making their parts. Plus Goodmark does not make some of the metal I need. At least its not on the goodmark page. Plus I dont have a ton of $, so I can settle for second best as long as it is not complete garbage.

Carolina classic truck parts seems to have good prices on goodmark parts. Anyone use them before?

Friendly Local Auto Parts, who mostly are the Goodmark outlets everywhere - the parts you list above are all available from my local NAPA, although up here Cross Canada Parts is the Goodmark distributor, and some pieces may be Cross Canada sourced .... inquire from a local store or direct to Goodmark and you might find that their online site doesn't list everything they supply .... otherwise you might try Dynacorn, who supply much of the repro metal to all the vendors - but it's always cheaper to source stuff local, it at least saves freight and handling

Bill

Thanks for the advice Bill. That makes sense. I am going to look locally.