We couldn't find it when we did the Royal Sport. Convertible pieces are hard to make anyone give up. My recommendation is to see how much of it he can make of the piece on his own or with some good friends. In our case, the Camaro just needed the 6 inch section that went under the pinch weld so I got some cardboard. The other brace on the other side of the car had the shape still so I copied it, then made it backward, a little welding, a little grinding, the awesome shrinker, stretcher from Eastwood, and in a period of about 2 hours I had it made. If your buddy needs the whole piece well then I'd say BEST WISHES my friend.
Good Luck!
I agree with farmgirl, conv are hard to find period we have been collect since 1993 and have never had the opporunnity of owning a conv. Can you fab out of a ht section? If so DVAP might be able to help you.
We have supplied lost of parts to V8tv maybe we can help you.
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