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1959-60 rocker panels

Started by Moody, April 14, 2025, 01:28:58 PM

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Moody

Who makes the most accurate rocker panel replacements for a 59-60? So many aftermarket parts are of poor reproduction quality. 
Moody

Carfreak

#1
The Montreal guy who rides a motorcycle & has a turntable in his garage workshop. He had thousands of patterns.

Unfortunately very low volume if he is even still making repros.

Expensive but high quality. He made a pair of rockers for one of our 59 ambulances. We took a detour on our way to the Lake George GN to pick them up.

It helps if you speak French, we don't.

I tried finding him on the Internet, but no results. I'll look to see if I have his name on the receipt.
Enjoy life - it has an expiration date.

cadman59

Do you mean this guy? 
https://1959cadillacsheetmetal.com/1959-cadillac-parts-list

I have never dealt with them, but seems to be nice quality.
Expensive though....
Feiko Kuiper - Netherlands (Europe)

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Clewisiii

I swear the 4 door passenger rocker panel I bought listed for 61 is actually a 1960.

I had never seen a 4 door rocker available for 61. But I bought it from the same supplier I got a very accurate 2 door panel from.

The profiles are not the same at all. Where the 2 door version had a hard crease down the side the 4 door version was rounded. I can only assume it was 1960 and someone thouggt they were the same. I ended up just cutting sections I needed out of the 2 door panel.
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Carfreak

Quote from: Carfreak on April 15, 2025, 07:09:22 AMThe Montreal guy who rides a motorcycle & has a turntable in his garage workshop. He had thousands of patterns.

Unfortunately very low volume if he is even still making repros.

Expensive but high quality. He made a pair of rockers for one of our 59 ambulances. We took a detour on our way to the Lake George GN to pick them up.

It helps if you speak French, we don't.

I tried finding him on the Internet, but no results. I'll look to see if I have his name on the receipt.

This is the guy I mentioned:

https://www.facebook.com/p/Pi%C3%A8ces-de-Carrosserie-Lauzon-inc-Lauzon-Auto-Body-Parts-Inc-100069510594788/

Looks like he is working out of a commercial building now so perhaps he has increased his production with assistance of employees. 
Enjoy life - it has an expiration date.

dn010

I needed to repair a rocker panel section on my 57 and at the time could only find them as a pair on ebay from "classicparts4u". Beware of this seller, the panels I got were no where near correct. I had to cut one of them down and after a lot of bending and everything else, I was finally able to get it to work but it was definitely not ready to go out of the box. Their negative feedback shows I'm not the only one.
-----Dan B.
'57 Cadillac Sedan Deville 6239DX
'81 DMC DeLorean

Moody

Thanks everyone. That's the info I needed. Many eBay sellers are selling the same parts from a single source. The expensive ones look great. And honestly less than being frustrated with poor fit and the work involved to make it right.
Moody