el camino quarter panel patch panel

[Crapple21]

hi i have a 1984 el camino and i was in a wreck about a year ago in my el camino and it messed up my quarter panel right behind the door. i have been looking for a replacement quarter panel for awhile now. i have found the ones online but cigger on them due to shipping being so expensive. well yesterday i ran across this on jegs and i was wondering how hard do you guys think it would be to use this patch panel? what would be required to do this. thanks for the help. also if you notice in the picture of my el camino my wheel looks to be crooked what would cause this do i have more damage then just cosmetic?

here is the patch panel and its only 63 bucks and i measured and it would be a perfect fit length and height wise

here is the damage to my el camino

 

[malibu80]

FYI, there's an 80 or 81 El Camino at South End Auto wrecking in Renton and an 80 El Camino up in Arlington at the Pic N Pull. Body is intact on both vehicles.
Glad to see you still have the car.

 

[Crapple21]

thanks for the info ill have to check them out and i dont really have the tools to cut a panel out at a junkyard i dont have any cordless tools. ya it was my first car so its hard to get rid of and its ben sitting in my backyard covered through the winter. now that winter is almost over its time to start working on it.

 

[malibu80]

Go purchase a cheap Sawzall at Harbor Freight just down the road from South End Autowreckers. I would also cut some of the needed inside metal also.

 

[Crapple21]

thats a good idea never been to harbor freight but have heard its sort of cool and ya i just might do that instead of buying the patch panel online. itll probably cost around the same amount to get the whole panel instead of a patch offline.

 

[-83MONTESS-]

x2 on the sawzaw. You're gonna need it anyway to cut the quarter off of your's.

 

[Crapple21]

Ya I have everything to do it at my house but I don't have any cordless stuff it's all plug in or air tools. So you guys think I should get a whole panel rather then order the patch panel that will fit where my dent is?

 

[-83MONTESS-]

I would cut the biggest rust free panel you can get while you have access to that car. It would suck getting it all fixed and then some idiot backs into you or something and then not being able to find one in the junkyards. JMO

 

[Crapple21]

The patch panel is brand new it would be ordered offline for around 75 including shipping. I could go to the junkyard and get a whole quarter panel but I was trying to stay away from maybe doing the whole quarter if I have a patch panel. I guess my question is which would be harder replacing the whole panel or just buy a patch panel?

 

[Blake442]

You're going to need more than just that patch panel...
It looks like your inner-rocker panel and outer-wheelhouse are pushed in as well.
Assuming your car is as rust free as it looks, I would just take it to a body shop and have it pulled out, and you can do the rest after that or let them finish it for you.