Ever hear of DynaCorn?

[bmxdad]

Was wondering if anyone has used some of their parts?

These guys have full uni-bodies of that are brand new. You could build a brand new 1968 Camaro with their stuff ....

http://www.dynacornclassicbodies.com/classic2.html

 

[SilverSS1969]

Yep. From what I've seen and heard on the camaro sites, they require quite a bit of cutting and fitting for the other panels. Also, you would have to find out your states laws on titling these new bodies. Many states won't allow it. And it is very illegal to swap the vins from a real Camaro to these. Many shops and shop owners got arrested and fined when these bodies first come out.

 

[dslabuda]

In some states if you build it all new you'll be issued a VIN number. It won't legally be a "1968 Camaro", it will be considered a custom vehicle. I remember reading something about a doing a VIN transfer if the original body is unrepairable but there needs to be inspections before they'll sign off. This info is usually found on your state's dmv/bmv site. Most of the schleps behind the counter won't have a clue about it.

I've never used their parts though; they do not have anything for Fairlane's last I checked.



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[1953mercury]

Nice option if you have a lot of cash. IIRC the 67 mustang version was about 18k FOB and you still need the whole font clip radiator support and virtually every other component on a standard car to finish it. In the end it would probably be more money than buying a totally restored or resto-moded original, and a lot more time. I think these mostly go to big name shops with customers with very deep pockets. Think 150k and up. Mike

 

[countryroad82]

First off Dynacorn parts I've used are pretty good. Hate to burst bubbles but most of these repro parts come from about 3-4 manufacturers in China or Taiwan with whoever said label on it. Now my take on the bodies. Were it me and I had the expendable money and don't care about originality along with not caring to jump through hoops for a state VIN, do it. Why? No rust. A lot of guys argue with me on this point but if you've ever built a car like we build in the rust belt, we build what west coast guys wouldn't use for parts.

At the end of the day in most cases this is the metal replaced on a Camaro body. Lower fenders if close to salvageable, door skins, rockers, quarters, floor pans, trunk pan, inner drop offs, the front floor brace always seems to be rotted out on me, both side of the rear subframe are gone.

Then let's get to bodywork. The whole car......

i myself was excited when these bodies first came out. Yeah sure there might be fitment issues, but woopdeedo there's fitment issues when your wielding in aftermarket panels on your old rot box! If you've not noticed I really don't give a **** about originality! I'm going to cut the car up anyway for all the aftermarket goodies to make it better so in my case it's better if I don't start with an original car.

Btw you do know they also make Chevelle bodies don't you? Heh heh heh

 

[matt69nova]

I've used Dynacorn panels on my Camaro. The metal is thinner than the original. I'm satisfied with the fitment, but I knew going into it that all the panels would require adjustments. However, even NOS panels need some work to make them fit perfectly. The replacement bodies will still require body work to make them straight.

 

[Stooge]

of the classic car forums I frequent, I've actually heard pretty good things about dynacorn and if you can part with the money, (looks like about $14k shipped) and you live in a rust area, you'll be miles ahead!

for titling, I looked into it seriously last year when I was looking at buying a Brookville roadster body and aside from one of those title bonding services like Broadway title, most states have some sort of Specialty Vehicle procedure for titling kit cars/ reproduction cars and involves getting a Vin issued by the state police after an inspection. looks like the dynacorn site even has a page of links to all of the states specialty vehicle pages.

 

[SARG]

Just curious.
If you're rebuilding a Camaro that you already have a title for ..... why would you even mention anything to the DMV ?

 

[countryroad82]

Just curious.
If you're rebuilding a Camaro that you already have a title for ..... why would you even mention anything to the DMV ?

They tend to look down on you if you are caught swapping around VIN numbers for some odd reason. Almost like it's viewed as illegal or something.....

Technically if you 'rebody' a car, at least I know of guys getting away with such antics, all that has to live from the original body is the firewall with the VIN tag replaced. How do I feel about it? Technically it is wrong so yes I don't agree with it. However let's say you have a '69 Camaro you drug out of a swamp. It is rotted to the point it's swiss cheese, but for the sake of argument it is a special car to you and is worth fixing.

Said car requires major surgery. It needs a roof panel due to the vinyl top holding moisture, the windshield channel is rotted out, the back glass is rotted also, quarters are junk, Flintstone floors, and the list goes on.

So you go through with this pile that isn't really worth scrap prices. You replace everything with new reproduction panels and all that survives of the original car is sections of the cowl (with VINS attached), the inner structure, and bits and pieces of the back dash. The rest of the car is a hodge podge of reproduction and tracked down original parts that have been refurbished. But at the end of the day you have a totally restored 1969 Camaro that was built from the ground up, has either been built with your own 2 hands or you paid a bodyshop a **** ton of money to replace all that metal.

Technically you have the new '69 Camaro body but I guess you could call it you ordered it in kit form. People are ok with you working your a$$ off to get one to this point which I don't understand myself. My reason why I don't get it? You could have ordered the whole freaking body that is already welded together with decent gaps (not perfect but those cars were nowhere close to perfect when they were new), cut the firewall out of the new body and welded your original firewall in. Therefore you just saved yourself a **** ton of work, sped up the restoration process, and probably saved some time and money at the end of the day. But for some stupid reason people freak plum out if you suggest such a thing! In my eyes it is the same, but I can't do it because were I to sell said 69 Camaro and TELL the new owner it is a new body with the old firewall welded in, sometime 20 years down the road I'll get a knock on my door from the cops because they feel I am in the wrong and 10 owners later my original story is lost due to people worrying about making a quick buck. So yeah it's a very thin line on rebodying a car just got to be very careful on what waters you thread.

 

[Kevin54]

When Lou Santiago was on PowerBlock TV, they built a complete Camaro out of the Dynacorn parts, and it looked darn good as far as TV shows. They never complained about any fitment issues, but then again, they built the car complete. I would imagine that new parts on an old car is a completely different animal. I know that any parts that I have bought from different vendors (new parts) that the parts were thinner and lighter, and I had to work on them to get them straight. LMC parts are notorious for having to do that to.

 

[APEowner]

The laws on re-bodies very from state to state but I haven't run across one yet where there was no way to build a car from a Dynacorn body. If it's done legally and the builder is upfront with what they've done I have no issue with using an old VIN on a new body. I did a '68 Mustang convertible build when I lived in Up State NY that had so few original pieces on it when it was done that it was a firewall and windshield frame away from being a full re-body.

As far as Dynacorn quality is concerned they're pretty good. Sure you have to mess around with fitment if you want show quality but even if you start with a clean, rust free low mileage survivor you have to do that. Domestic build quality was not all that great in the 60s to start with.

I don't have the time to do it but I'd love to build a road race car based on the Dynacorn fastback Mustang.

 

[RM209]

Dynacorn often has a display at some of the major car shows and/or flea markets. I saw their Camaro display at Carlisle a few years ago; looks like a quality product, but I'm not a Chevy guy.

If titling the car is a concern, I'd figure it out before I bought the car, rather than after.


RM209

 

[bmxdad]

.... Btw you do know they also make Chevelle bodies don't you? Heh heh heh

Yea, but not the 1966's ... love that style

 

[jimgood]

If the authorities questioned me for transferring VIN numbers my answer would be, "I didn't transfer the VIN numbers onto the new parts. I transfered the new parts onto my old VIN numbers."

 

[countryroad82]

Yea, but not the 1966's ... love that style

Ahh a man of good tastes!! A true black with black interior, 4-speed, manual steering, manual brake, 138 SS was my first ride. That was 1997 and it was red when I bought it. The original engine/****** was long gone as it's been a hot rod for as far back as I could trace it. Only got back to the mid 70s with that. But it's all mine although I went full retard and decided to to a frame off on it and business picked up and haven't really been able to get back on it. I have another 66 SS that I traded around for, it's been sitting since 79. I don't know exactly what I'll do with it when I fool around with it. It's in the dry. Then I have a 66 4 door sitting around with few plans other than rob it of the good parts and maybe turn it into a drag car. Then I've had probably another 8 or 9 66s (Malibus or SSs) in varying states through the years as I would get them then someone would offer me waaaayyyy more than I thought they were worth. As my tag line says I have a thing or 2 for the Chevelle lineup. I've had almost every year model. I've owned or have 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71. One of these days I'll own a 64 and 72 just to say I've owned them all