As promised... here is the skinny on the drivers side outer rocker panel. I received the panel from Wes at Classic Heartbeat lickety split. I did a trial fit and was pleased with how it was lining up. So after a few hammer shots here and there and some slight tweaking to get the front to line up, I had it fit in place with a few sheet metal screws in about a half an hour!
I lined up the fender and the door, but need to get new hinges to set it right before I drill holes for "spot welds" and do the final weld in. I, for the life of me, cannot get the hinge pins out of these rusty old hinges. Even using the biggest BFH I own. So I have new hinges on order from Wes.
Now for the particulars. The outer rocker panel I received from Wes is made by Key Parts/Tri-plus. The other I had was made by Dynacorn. After going back through some threads and doing more research, I found I had the "double sticker" panels that ended up being factory rejects that were put back into circulation. So if you get ANY panels with the double stckers from Dynacorn... avoid them like the plague! I have included some pics of the fitment of the new panel and a couple of the labels from each panel.
It took me 3 days of fab work (probably about 10 to 12 hours) to fit the Dynacorn panel on the passenger side and I'm really not all that happy with it. But it is staying in place for now. So far I have half an hour into the fitment of this new panel from Key Parts/Tri-plus. So... there ya go! Thanks for the recommendation and fast shipping Wes!
Gary