Not another Dynacorn thread. . ..

[mrmustangman357]

With the new 67 fastback shells, and dynacorn advertising better fit and finish than OE, I am interested in knowing if anyone has seen one of these shells in person to coment on the fit or finish? I saw the pre-production one in Hot Rod mag and i saw the door was toed in almost 3/16" of an inch on the corner, but it could have been quickly mocked up for the photos. Now that the crate stang has seen production, can anyone comment on the quality of the sheetmetal and overall fit/finish? I like the engineering ideas they put into the product, like the torque boxes, convert brace, braced shock towers, improved 1010 steel, and increased welds. sound good on paper (or on screen) right?

And please, no posts flaming on tha taiwanese origin of the product. My take: alot of R & D and engineering dollars were spent here in america that I know. if they want to make it there, fine. Its your call whether you want to buy one lol There are alot of threads I'm sure about this, but I would like to see if anyone has an evaluation of the product, regardless of origin?

 

[jerry S]

I cannot intelligently opine on your question but I can only offer the observation that the Dynacorn RH door for my 1969 Mach 1 was a total POS in terms of fitment. I needed a second door and got a LH one from NPD, which uses a different source, and my body shop guy said the quality was better and it was much less work to get it to fit than the Dynacorn door took.

Now maybe the Dynacorn shells are made to better tolerances than their doors are but if we extrapolate from the very limited sample of my one door to the rest of their product line, then I would not be inclined to believe that the fit and finish is better than OEM.

 

[danny clemens]

I saw one recently at a Mustang show where one was sitting on a trailer. I remember one door (driver's side I think) having a fitment problem as you described. I don't know if it could be aligned correctly but I would think that they would have the best alignment possible if they were trying to get customers.

 

[65fastbackresto]

Dynacorns camaro project..

has been showing on Chop Cut Rebuild on the speed channel, they had lots of fitment issues on that car. The builders did say they no worse then expected for all aftermarket parts, whatever that means.

 

[65ShelbyClone]

The builders did say they no worse then expected for all aftermarket parts, whatever that means.

Maybe it's along the lines of "hope for the best, but expect the worst." I guess that implies that they expected the worst fitment and got the worst fitment, so it's no worse than expected.

 

[Big_B]

I made a thread about the Dynacorn body over in Talk about a week ago. I thought it fit pretty good, the trick was to realize that most of the hardware on the doors and trunk is not installed on the crated up bodies people are seeing. When you pull the door out to where the clasp is to be installed, it fit really well. Same with the trunk.

 

[Hack]

Compare to original quality... how many people have a car that has the original Ford parts that have not been tweaked? From what I hear they twisted, tweaked, bent etc on doors and other parts to get them close when they put the cars together on the assembly lines. Is that true?

My trunk lid on my '70 is a really crappy fit - I would say it's off by up to 1/4 inch in areas. I'm pretty sure it's the original trunk lid. Maybe I'm just odd but I think people criticize new parts too much. Cars from the 60s didn't fit like modern cars do.

 

[danny clemens]

I made a thread about the Dynacorn body over in Talk about a week ago. I thought it fit pretty good, the trick was to realize that most of the hardware on the doors and trunk is not installed on the crated up bodies people are seeing. When you pull the door out to where the clasp is to be installed, it fit really well. Same with the trunk.

The one that I saw had bungee cords on the rear of the door to hold it in. I pulled the top side out so that it would be aligned with the rear quarter. The bottom was still in quite a bit. It may be able to be adjusted out but I would think if you had a car representing what you were selling that it would be adjusted as well as you could get it.

 

[Big_B]

The one that I saw had bungee cords on the rear of the door to hold it in. I pulled the top side out so that it would be aligned with the rear quarter. The bottom was still in quite a bit. It may be able to be adjusted out but I would think if you had a car representing what you were selling that it would be adjusted as well as you could get it.

True. My original post had something to the effect of your last comment, but after reading it I deleted. I would hope that *all* of their cars are adjusted as well as you could get it, prior to delivery.

Still though, my biggest issue (not to derail) is the "it's a restoration part" deal. I am not fond of the idea of someone taking their *rough* 68 fastback and cutting the VIN off of it to put on the dynacorn shell becuase they are lazy and have a bunch of cash. Seems quite dishonest, all quality issues aside.

 

[enferno]

The one that I saw had bungee cords on the rear of the door to hold it in. I pulled the top side out so that it would be aligned with the rear quarter. The bottom was still in quite a bit. It may be able to be adjusted out but I would think if you had a car representing what you were selling that it would be adjusted as well as you could get it.

you also have to take into account things like weatherstripping, the door bumpers, and the latch. all play a HUGE roll in the alignment, not just the hinges.

 

[danny clemens]

you also have to take into account things like weatherstripping, the door bumpers, and the latch. all play a HUGE roll in the alignment, not just the hinges.

That's true and that's why I said it may be able to be adjusted out but then again it may not be able to be adjusted out as easy as my original door. It may take some major tweaking to get it to look correct and then again maybe a little fine tuning would make it look right. If I were considering buying one I would check it over with a fine tooth comb and wait for reports from people who actually built one. I hope that it is a good product.

 

[James Kirk]

welcome to the world of car building

 

[electricgreen]

I saw the pre-production version at the WDC this past weekend, they were there with an enclosed trailer at the hotel I was at-didn't look too closely though. The people we were wwith were drooling over it though. I liked the Year One Stang better...