I have talked to a few people about aftermarket fenders as I was considering buying two for my 66. The general concensus was the cheap fenders didnt fit well but the ford tooling fenders did. I opted to fix my originals and they came out very nice. Best part was they fit like a glove with no tweaking involved. How are your originals?

 

We sell dozens of the repos (Dynacorn's are made in Taiwan as are the rest) to every one of the FORD Tooling. 65-66 repos are pretty much trouble free at this point. We still have some problems with the 67 and 68's. If you're not building a show car, I would go with the repos or like napaguy said, fix your old ones. Repos are $249 pair, FORD Tooling are $599 pair.
Thanks, Doc

 

65-66 repos are pretty much trouble free at this point.

That's good to hear. I had repros on my '66 that I bought 9 years ago. They required hours and hours of work just to make them fit crappy. Because of that, When it got crunched last year, I replaced the crunched one with an original.

I put a Ford tooling one on my daughter's '69, because we couldn't find ANY decent originals at the time when we needed it. It actually fit easier and better than the original fender on the other side.

I also bought a Ford tooling hood for her '69 and my '66 and they were both excellent! I decided that the little extra money spent on the Ford tooling stuff was well worth it in the end.

 

I bought my 68 vert with cheap repop fenders on it. Fit terrible.

Used an NOS fender on the left side and a Ford Tooling fender on the right side. They were comparable in quality.

 

I have the new Ford tooling fenders on my Mustang and see no problem with the quality or fit.
The lines are good and gauge of metal are better than repo.

 

I have Mustang restoration shop I deal with who exclusively buys Dynacorn parts if they are available, ie, if the part is made by Dynacorn, he buys it, if not, then he settles for something else.

 

Be careful referring to parts being "made" by U.S. distributors. Also realize that most overseas factories trade amongst themselves, and cooperate amongst themselves, in order for everyone to be able to offer a more complete product-line to their U.S. customers that are importing by container. It's an absolute monkey-puzzle to be certain. Anyhow, this is in no way an attempt to shed a poor light on any company. There's just so much misunderstanding by the public as to how the supply-chain really operates, where parts are really made, and through how many different channels, brands and sources they are available.

As is with everything relating to restoration parts, over-generalization usually generates misleading information.

I can't tell you how many times I've been asked "who makes your sheetmetal?"... The only answer I've got is "do you have a few hours to discuss it piece-by-piece, tooling-by-tooling, after you sign this 5-page confidentiality agreement?"