Body Panels for 1997 Celica Convertible..., Are The Available??? Options

[FrankB2]

I scraped the very bottom of the passenger side front fender on Thanksgiving. My wife had to have Starbucks, and I heard a grinding noise as I pulled alongside the curb! A mechanic friend told me that Japanese cars rust easily and quickly, so I slapped some beeswax on the area until I feel like taking it to a body shop (probably tomorrow).

In the meantime, I've been looking at various parts suppliers for fenders and rear quarter panels. They're listed as "available, except for convertible". I don't see why the front fender would be any different on a convertible, but... Anyway, am I stuck with junkyard body panels for a convertible? There don't seem to have been very many 1997 verts made, so junkyards could be tough as well. I dunno......

This post has been edited by FrankB2: Dec 5, 2012 - 2:52 PM

[Special_Edy]

Some facts-
The front fenders are the same, in fact everything on the front end of any version of the 6gc is interchangable.
The GT4 has different floorpans from the firewall back and the rear sheetmetal is different on the coupe/convertible from the liftback models
The rear quarter panels should be the same for the convertible as the coupe, though the pillars and roof are missing of course.
The convertible is actually a coupe that was modified by an independent company.




There is a white 96 'vert near me if you need any parts, as well as 2 coupes.

This post has been edited by Special_Edy: Dec 5, 2012 - 3:19 PM