That's Hot Rodding!- Bad panels and lessons learned.

[@kevinspinner5428]

How many people watching this has done any welding let alone a quarter replacement. Replacement aftermarket panels have been crap for 30 years..keep up the great work.

[@Mr.Avuncular]

Absolutely yes...LKQ and other mexi-pop. Parts. Aren't any fun to work with you might get 1out of 5 will be a winner.Genuine GM parts can even be blessed Lol

[@JohnJones-xy5yt]

Even replacing parts from a donor car can be challenging if they came from two different assembly plants.

[@kimberlywilliams9757]

Dan clearly knows what he is doing and if anyone has anything negative to say about how he does things have clearly never done this kind of thing in their life! Dan does what works for him and it works!

[@mikesoja6485]

A few more behind the scenes of DD speedshop fun! Anyone who has ever done and I mean Done a restoration with aftermarket parts would know the struggles you have experienced with the Camaro . Just wonder how many critics “ have ever even tried to do a restoration ! Just remember it is still just steel . It can be cut reshaped and rewelded to get the desired results. Keep up the good work Dan

[@raym3036]

DIY Automotive school "My friend Pete. Doing a 67 camaro did several videos on these panels. He had to pie cut, splice and majorly rework the panel.. same issue you are having. Good luck. You and Schmoo!

[@kimberlywilliams9757]

Yep, I also watched his videos.

[@davewayne4001]

My friend Pete, your friend Pete.

[@kimberlywilliams9757]

That Camaro is going to be solid when Dan's done with it! I love it! Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@johnkranz4004]

Well said Dan and good questions Dani

[@Thomas-fo9zu]

All you can do is your best with what you have to work with and Dan has done that time and time again! No panel is going to fit every car perfectly. Plus that car was stuffed in the rear, which might account for it's poor fitment since someone was already working back there previously to Dan's acquiring the car. Especially since the other areas seem to fit decently. Keep up the great work Dan, I can't wait for winter to be over so I can use what I've learned here on my own project.

[@Tim-57]

Hey Dannie&Dan Thank you for sharing, very interesting stuff. Take care of Yourself 😊

[@moreschmoo]

You too buddy!

[@cw2lido]

I’m no expert, I love your channel and your enthusiasm! Can’t wait to see this go back together roasting those tires melt off!

[@1944chevytruck]

good job!

[@jaypeeztabernac851]

LOL gotta love ole Easton next to the door, ultimate Jibbhead solution :)

[@Jesse_gc]

Well Dani and Dan thanks for sharing this with us it is always a fun time when Dani is motivated.

[@Dean36014-]

I do love the schmoo!

[@moreschmoo]

Schmoo forever!

[@automotivechaos]

Doing lower quarter patches on my 56 now and I totally get it when you guys say doing the full panel is easier. Love watching you guys, you’re both the reason I started my own channel. Keep up the great work!

[@timhatfield9924]

I think it looks great man you're building it for you

[@pb5778]

Thanks for sharing this

[@johnhere6058]

Dan, I found out years ago that when I bought panels or wheels from the U.S. it seemed like they would send their seconds to Canada because they knew we would in most cases we would not return them, too much hassle.

[@heatherandtimsharp]

I just bought an oil pan made in Canada recently. Did return first one

[@moreschmoo]

Ooooo interesting thought!

[@joeblow3939]

Back in the mid 70'S there was a car company commercial on TV that would roll a steel ball down the gap of a hood to prove it being the same the full length. This was the start of the precision body lines.

[@5798Mike]

Great stuff

[@Dowin-o5e]

Between Danni`s excellent Shop and Mechanical Assistant Skills and Dan`s Artisic Eye and Great Welding Abilities, this Car is a Win-Win situation. After the first Shake Down Cruise, Dan, I still say that you will fall in Love with this Car !!!

[@moreschmoo]

Couldn't agree more!

[@flswesterville4501]

Coat Tails Speed Shop! Excellent vidyo as usual.

[@moreschmoo]

Glad you liked it!

[@vicswanby454]

Some useful info for anyone From most of your garage door companies you can get a New Seal for under the door and one for the floor that will stop the draft's from an uneven concrete floor normally for under $100 and the install is super easy if you can read a tape measure and operate basic hand tools. The one for the on top of the floor is a glue down rubber seal that has a double hump head shape I have installed these for guys that have done burnouts out of the garage in the past and a few decided to not glue them in and remove them when the weather gets better. In your situation I'd recommend no glue and also replacing the seal around the door if you do that the money saved from running your furnace over one winter keeping that baught air in will pay for the new seals. I'll make it easy for anyone pull all the seals out of your car doors drive it around in the middle of winter and you will get to understand the reality of why you want them reinstalled. I know you think oh well they are already installed but the truth is everything where's out and seals become brittle being exposed to the elements causing a weak barrier sealing loosely allowing heat loss and ultimately money to slide right thru the gaps. This is great for anyone who actually uses their garage during the winter and finds themselves gravitating closer to the heat source to remain in their garage. Cheap and yet easy enough even Danielle can do it in a few hours without help.

[@rwestbrook6724]

hi Dani, its always nice to get the scoop from the other side of the camera...

[@jaysonmunro1407]

I have rebodied plenty of Camaros and chevelles ,no car is the same or the parts . You make do with what you have and do your best . You did a good job to make it work ,all the comments telling you what you should have done is classic . I enjoy your show ,keep it up

[@moreschmoo]

All ya can do is fix it!

[@rockysplace6012]

Dan is Merlin he can do magic DD WIZARD shop

[@dennisgallear409]

I aint knocking you. Just having a beer and some cereal. I enjoy your friendship.

[@Hondarestorations]

Dani, that driving part where the grill casts moving shadows over you is quite special, you should do something with it, the colors, moving shadows and your natural glow, combine spectacularly!

[@moreschmoo]

Oooo I'll have to go look!

[@michaeledge8905]

I worked with a gentleman who worked at the GM Fisher plant in Van Nuys California and the fitment stories and how they made them fit and look good would curl your hair. As Dan said they were all different and had to be tweaked.

[@moreschmoo]

Woah!

[@johnholm8175]

So what are the quarter panels that you just unloaded for?

[@moreschmoo]

The collection!

[@rickcline9292]

You guys rock keep it up

[@shanewright6958]

Another good one 👍👍

[@ersstihls]

Im more excited for the next camaro , the left over parts, clear coated, gasser , big block, beater 1st gen!!!! 😎

[@pwthomas757]

👍👍👍

[@leonardfoster6252]

Dan, where did you buy the panels for the car? I heard Mark Industries sells them closer to the factory ones to fit better?

[@ABSINTHEMINDEDPROFESSOR]

pool noodles might be a better draft stopper for the garage door.

[@hippydippy]

Dani - You're the Queen of the Bobcat & Brake Bleeding! No one can ever take that way from you. Dan - Without "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda" None of us would ever learn a friggin' thing in life right?!

[@budwhite3570]

I've watched other videos of ill fitting panels, and the experienced welder just I suppose has to accept this. I myself only aspire to do panels someday, where I even look around for a project car or especially truck that might need floor pans and even cab repairs, but right now I don't even have but a driveway,..now that would make some great videos of driveway only sheetmetal repairs,...I've done patching before with a mig welder(lincoln sp100) in a driveway, I might even have a garage or shop in the next two years. I have not read any comments extensively, but obviously nothing is more aggravating than critics.

[@jbird21122]

Charlotte loves to run the bobcat too

[@jennfaire8726]

My friend pete had a mental meltdown over bad panels but Dan is so cool about it. 😎

[@SkullDivisioN564]

And plants dead trees 😂

[@moreschmoo]

Oh my!

[@prescottpushor918]

You both are awesome

[@barrystoy8222]

Go Dee Dee Go you got this great driving . Barry Nantais windsor Ontario Canada watching great job GIRL❤

[@moreschmoo]

Thank you! 🤗

[@dondavis6997]

Well, that's the problem with aftermarket panels anymore. The panels don't fit right. I bought brand new doors from my truck. One wonder if it okay, I'm the bottom half. I had to section the top half the door on the other side. I had to take in the top half. Of the door fit and I had to section the bottom half the door

[@johnnylom9915]

All that re pop stuff always needs a bit of tweaking to make it fit. I found out with all my trim on my 57 especially fins and spears did not fit properly. I ended up repairing my original trims and repolishing them. Even redid my original bars. Quality is not the same as well.

[@lilfatbud]

Lookin good, Smurfette. Cant get enough Schmoo. Get to work Dan. You guys rock. Time to move to the free State of Florida.

[@Freedbird]

Lol !

[@cudaman-yq7pq]

Lately it seems like expedited shipping doesn't arrive any faster than regular shipping, it just costs more.

[@moreschmoo]

So trye

[@suewatson1912]

When someone restores a camaro ,they have to be sure it isn't better than when it was new. They have to duplicate the factory F-ups like overspray on the bellhousing and panel alignment. That is why Dan can do a 100 point restoration everytime.

[@moreschmoo]

😂😂

[@SteveTheCanadian]

Oh hey Coat Tails! 👋 😂😂

[@moreschmoo]

👋🏽

[@leonardfoster6252]

Dan, you must like the snow, everytime I see the videos you have a lot of snow!

[@moreschmoo]

It's winter!

[@travisshephard5491]

Yeah old cars were far from perfect. 20 years ago I was redoing my dad's old 60 Chevy belair race car that had been sitting since 1972, the suspension brackets were tearing off the housing from being raced, literally you could see inside the housing. If my dad had raced it one more time it may have been catastrophic. So at the time i worked for Currie rear ends. And in the backyard was literally a mountains of rear ends. The boss told me since the brackets themselves weren't damaged he would trade me, but I had to go crawl on the mountain to find one myself. Well I went through 6 housings before I said that's close enough, some the brackets were 3/4" narrower spread, some were 3/4" wider spread. I finally settled on some that were about 1/2" off from my original. That was the closest I could find and I didn't feel like climbing the mountain for another one that was going to be just as off. Factory assembly was ... Ehh close enough. No where near perfect!

[@unclebuzz6913]

That welding on the passenger side that looks ok was done on a Wednesday, the ones on the driver's side done on Monday morning after one hell of a drunk... Yeah ,everything was analog and manual, no digital, CNC machines.Vacume tubes and no pcs..Computers were the size of a house... If you got a car made on Tuesday, Wednesday, you got "Quality" .Monday people are hungover and worn out, Thursday people are waiting for Friday, and Friday everyone is hurrying to get home and party,or be with the family, doing family things...Day dreaming.... QUALITY Control was doing the same thing... Today everything is programmed, checked with lasers for Tolerances.... Your quarter panel was probably a cull .Sometimes they get through... You'll fix it ,show everyone else who gets,a quater panel in that shape,how to fix it and the world will be a better place. God Bless you and your loved ones GODSPEED

[@murrayhelmer8941]

No lack of “keyboard experts”. 🤣🤣

[@davidanderson2393]

Dani's Bobcat operating and vintage car sheet metal shmoo channel.

[@moreschmoo]

That's right!

[@johnchambers12]

I have to address the other issue with this car. It has been in probably multiple accidents and any body shop would have put this car on a frame rack and given up before the first patch panel was put next to the car. Keep up the good work on keeping the favorite classics on the road. We all know your not going to a car show looking for points for perfection. Get them running and driving and encourage all of us to keep on fixing our own junk!

[@moreschmoo]

Always dude!

[@larrybest9701]

A friend of mine has a body shop, when he has down time, he restores 67-69 camaros, been doing it for 35-40 years. Said the past 10-15 yrs. quality of panels has gone down hill. I do the interiors, same thing, things must be "massaged" to fit, that's hot rodding

[@yohanonshine4664]

Can always put spoiler on it'll cover the worst part lol

[@coyboybc]

Dan needs to buy some of those fun noodles people get for the swimming pools and quarter them up and glue them to the bottom of the garage door instead of the clothes

[@LeonardMagnusson]

the guy welding that side was hung over. and forgot his helmet.

[@sleepervega71hill28]

Hello! You two. Ms. Dani. Kudos to you. Not' just guys run bobcats and other machinery/shoot guns. Hunt and fish. YOU go Girl! Hello Dan

[@moreschmoo]

Bobcat queen right here!

[@davewayne4001]

Dan said he was going to show his plasma cutter. Table like to know what he thinks about it. I'm looking at buying one.

[@moreschmoo]

Eventually!

[@jaylozada3407]

👍

[@matthewschneider2089]

Dude and Dudit!!! Dynacorn is the closest thing to American made!!! And there stamped in Taiwan!!!! The original dies are 30 yrs old if not older!!! The mustang stampings are even older!!! OEM stampings in the day where changed maybe twice!!! After a million stampings!! Even the aftermarket has a Monday/ Friday crappy days!!!✌️ 18:23

[@brettemerich3237]

Dan I saw this same thing on Dodge Charger I actually think the same side was off and they were AMD sheet metal. Where did the dies for sheet metal I could be on purpose because that is the dies the get to stamp the quarters and trunk metal being a little short. Dan I have confidence that you can make it right with extra video. Not to drop names but ChrisBirdsong would say you have to measure everything to fit it and know the measurements. The good thing is there is sheet metal to work with. You used to have to have a donor car to cut up to make one good car have a good day

[@WilliamCupps-o9c]

can you add to the trunk lip would that help

[@rikiwakwak]

Mornin yall. Hope your day is going well.

[@kennethsonier1766]

Hello and bye bye 😉 That was very interesting to see what goes on, and you guys bantering back and forth . Next video more work less talk 😁✌️🇺🇲

[@moreschmoo]

But I'm best at talking!

[@russell154]

Good schmoo 👍

[@no1init253]

⭐️🇨🇦⭐️🇨🇦⭐️🇨🇦⭐️🇨🇦⭐️

[@DaleKriescher]

I had to reweld the frame for my gto because the welding was just crap 😢😢😢😢😢😂😂😂

[@stevenralstin7141]

Approximately 250 Been in paint n body since 83 nothing ever fits perfectly. Up till the late 80s tolerance was done according to each car. Then as they get older they flex and stretch hot weather cold weather everything adds to the fun.

[@kevinconklin3104]

He says coat tail speed shop like we don't all watch his videos to see if your in em lol

[@moreschmoo]

Exaaaacccctttllly!😂

[@mediumjumbo7484]

Look. 👀 Its Schmooey the worlds jolliest youtuber 😂😂😂

[@moreschmoo]

You know it!

[@leonardfoster6252]

You are right Dan, you are not slone.

[@BlooMule]

The only people who think old cars were better are the people who haven't ever worked on one.

[@moreschmoo]

Truuuue!

[@johnhazard5231]

Dam you got me working on my 67 el co it's your fault. 😂😅😂😊

[@moreschmoo]

Get after it!

[@sammylisasmith2104]

Hello guys

[@dougscriver7726]

😊

[@peterfernandes8611]

Those panels are stamped with 60 year old machines that are worn out and don't stamp so great!

[@peterrestine8237]

Looking forward to the only intro video!!!

[@moreschmoo]

Dannie here, star of DD Speed Shop

[@HinmanAveRepair]

So, is the new shop the States and the old shop Canada? Just going by the flags flying.

[@moreschmoo]

Ha ha maybe!

[@colescrustycars]

First off, no panels are made in the US for these cars. Second, all panels need work, even NOS panels dont fit out of the box. As far as 1st gen fbodys, most of the aftermarket panels fit like crap. No where near as good as chevelles etc. But the best fitting full quarters for 1st gen fbody are AMD PREMIUM full quarters. They are about twice as expensive as their regular full quarters. The seem to fit decent, the lines are crisp etc. Around the tail panel they still fit like crap IMO and massage work around the trunk gutter and deck lid with a big ass hammer and a block of wood WILL be necessary. That being said, man the crap we had 20 years ago was way worse. I got a 68 nove I put tail panel, trunk floor, quarter skins, deck filler etc from goodmark back then. Nothing fit, all the lines are soft. Etc. I would mind totally redoing the car again some day. Our stuff is much better now.

[@leonardfoster6252]

Dan, its just life...

[@calais51]

Part’s quality is hit and miss . We’ve noticed that since Covid, that the quality of oem parts has plummeted. It’s like they are sending their “b” grade panels out, due to lack of stock. Parts in general are hit and miss…. The collision industry is suffering.

[@dondavis6997]

😮 Did Dan get some bad quality panels, did Dan?

[@leonardfoster6252]

Tell them you aren't a professional! Make do is all that counts.

[@josealdecoa2417]

Back in the day they had hammer skills

[@ronaldolweiler7745]

Dan fo those who know everything I usually say whats on my trunk lid , don't tell me ,, buy your own and show me ! Lol

[@perrylankford4269]

WHOOO-HOOOOOO

[@dondavis6997]

Sometimes you're just unable to find American made panels anymore within your budget as it was. I paid almost four hundred dollars a door for my truck american

[@moreschmoo]

Totally, it's not always budget friendly!

[@johnholm8175]

I hate to tell you this, but it looks like you need a hazmat suit in that garage

[@bigbow62]

Hi Dani and Dan.... we need a movie night with you guys. 🎥 Hollywood Knights American Graffiti Two-Lane Black Top Drag 1979 The California kid Heart Like A Wheel (Add your favorite....) A night away from the garage with a few hundred close friends taking in a car movie ✌️🙂

[@bummer42]

U know those get stamped out.. the mold shouldn't change which means that company is just selling crap panels to everyone. They should have to warn the buyer they are selling off size parts

[@anger.engineerimg]

OMG Dani you look so cute in this video!!

[@moreschmoo]

🥰🥰awh thanks!

[@franksgarage8551]

How many panels were made fitting poorly, and it hasnt been corrected.

[@connor454bigblock]

The shop puppies idk

[@dondavis6997]

That was pony express

[@garysells4259]

Make It A Christen Movie Camaro

[@gordonwalker8003]

Why yes you gone to save a dollar on full quarter panels repair. Near to know old vehicles are hard to find there

[@YenaS-l7g]

Shmmo is more of clean up for tired Danny 😫 boys shop what a great wife hello 👋

[@dondavis6997]

Danny, you're always so nice and tan. You got that nice skin color anyways. Where do you say you're from originally?

[@moreschmoo]

Canada

[@doriford4127]

dan i've replaced panels on several vehicles and have never had one one that i did not have to trim or shim out and modify good luck it's not how good you are but how well you can fix your fuck-ups.

[@treetop.garage]

Most panels are hit or miss