The fits actually look pretty good from the pictures. You guys are going about it the right way by doing alot of trial fitting....and making alot of progress fast.
THe panel bonding adhesive would be a great alternative especially in corrosion potential areas. I wish I would have used it in some of my repairs.
Another spot that is you might want to think about using the panel bonding adhesive in is bonding the new quarters to the outer wheel houses on the wheel well lip. I didnt use it but wish i would have spent more time trying to use it there in that area.
as far as replacing the tailpanel or leaving the original.....the tail panel is alot of work to remove cause of all the spot welds (at least it was for me but my equipment wasnt the best)....and it looks like you could fix you old one with bondo. If you were to remove the old one and put a new one in you might be able to close up those gaps between the trunk lid and the quarters by using a "come along" with straps wrapped all the way around both quarters and cinch up the straps (to bring the quarters in closer together) to decrease that trunk lid to quarter gap. All the while testing the tail panel fit. I read about guys doing this on the Camaros.net board. Might want to look on the Camaro board if your thinking of possibly trying to close that gap while installing your new panel.
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