I am going to have to agree with Steve on this one. We could have let our GTCS go to the junk yard but instead decided to restore it. I am not sure I could have afforded the NOS sheetmetal with the amount we had to replace. As it is, we have quite a bit of money in the car. Considering we had to replace rear quarter panels, decklid, rear quarter extensions, one door, front fenders, front valence, rear valence, and hood. Not to mention the underside of replacing the floor pans and rear frame rails. These were all repo's. Did we have to work harder to ensure the lines were straight? Yes!! Afterall, I think the main difference between NOS and repo's are that the lines will actually line up better.
Our rear quarters were so far gone (pitted and rusted) that even if we replaced the metal where the cancer was, it would have came back in other places. Thus, our decision to replace the entire rear quarter.
Our car is one of about 100 that was delivered to the midwest. All of these cars will have rust on them.
I am very proud we restored the car to the present condition with the repo's and kept the car on the road. I look forward to leaving it to one of my kids in the future.
Paul