Body Patch panels

Guys where can i get body patch panels. Im looking for cheap. I am not restoring for perfect condition! Thanks

 

classic enterprises

http://www.classicent.com

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jeep panels in Maine

http://z4.invisionfree.com/CJ3B_Bulletin_Board/index.php?showtopic=490

 

Cheapest patch panels is to buy a sheet of steel and cut your own.

They don't call them "flattys" for no reason - lots of flat surfaces, no compound curves.

 

I think JC Whitney is the cheapest.

 

you get what you pay for from them. Your better off making your own out of an old washing machine lol

 

mainly im looking for the fender supports. And floor supports along with 1/4 panel supports. Ive already made some patch panels out of flat metal. LOL i made the curve on the front fender lip from my jack handle. Worked like a charm.

 

The floor supports are usually called hat channels. You can buy the complete set of hat channels from Classic Enterprises, or you can have a local metal shop bend some for you. It will be less expensive to have some lengths made rather than to buy the premade channels. Some here have used other materials, like rectangular tubing stock.

Unless you have the equipment to make them, you are probably better off to buy the fender supports.

 

On my 47 I used the Classic Ent, Hat Channels and filled them with white oak that research suggested was period correct. As I had a bunch of epoxy resin to spare, I encapsulated them with that and then welded them to Classic floor panels. Will probably be good for another 50 years at least. Probably longer since it doesn't rain here in Texas any more.