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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
[Re: dart440]
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12/18/08 12:28 AM
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I am going to store my stock 71 Cuda front end and already have repop fenders and gills for the car. A grille would allow me to take my mint OEM grille and put it away also.
Chuck
If Mike decides to make the 71 grille and it looks as good as the 70 grille, then you will want to keep the BEA grille as your prize possession. The more I look at the one I just received, the more I want to build a glass showcase and set it up on the mantle of the fireplace. Man that thing is just too pretty to let a bug smack it and get goo all over it 
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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
[Re: rftroy]
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12/19/08 01:36 AM
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HOLY CRAP! Grind the 70's up????? My car has a decent, restorable grill, but I would love to have one of your new units. It's just going to take time to save the $$$. Can't imagine you not finishing them and shelving them for future buyers, possibly me.
BTW, do you sell the blinker lamp setups separately? I absolutely need new regardless of what I do.
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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
[Re: Big Bad Bee]
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12/19/08 11:09 AM
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HOLY CRAP! Grind the 70's up????? My car has a decent, restorable grill, but I would love to have one of your new units. It's just going to take time to save the $$$. Can't imagine you not finishing them and shelving them for future buyers, possibly me.
BTW, do you sell the blinker lamp setups separately? I absolutely need new regardless of what I do.
Mike told me that the tool that makes the blinker lights broke so he will not make it again. He is saving all the blinker lights for the complete grilles and will not sell them separately, unless he changes his mind about that. Honestly, after you saw the grille ( I received my argent one the other day and it is amazing), I think you would just suck it up and buy one. One day when they are all gone, you will wish you had one. I bought good used grilles at the Nats for $300 for spares. Inflation makes that seem cheap. One day $1300 will seem cheap as well. The used grilles I bought always needed restoring and painting. How many restored grilles have you seen at shows that did not look very well restored? These grilles are perfect.
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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
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12/19/08 03:57 PM
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You make a very good point. I might just have to take the plunge. Just need to get the taxes done...
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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
[Re: Big Bad Bee]
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12/20/08 09:10 AM
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HOLY CRAP! Grind the 70's up????? My car has a decent, restorable grill, but I would love to have one of your new units. It's just going to take time to save the $$$. Can't imagine you not finishing them and shelving them for future buyers, possibly me.
BTW, do you sell the blinker lamp setups separately? I absolutely need new regardless of what I do.
Take my advice... just buy a complete grille. At the prices he is selling them for now, it is a steal... you simply can't go wrong in the long term. I may end up buying another from him... this grille is just TOO nice, and people are still going to be talking about these years from now. I believe the black grilles and the marker lamps are going to be highly sought after in particular. Your car is a Gran Coupe if I remember correctly... I'm not sure about your car, but aren't most, if not all Gran Coupe grilles black plastic instead of grey? If so, I would talk to Mike and see if he'll sell you a black one sprayed Argent...  
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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
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01/04/09 08:30 AM
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I am going to store my stock 71 Cuda front end and already have repop fenders and gills for the car. A grille would allow me to take my mint OEM grille and put it away also.
Chuck
If Mike decides to make the 71 grille and it looks as good as the 70 grille, then you will want to keep the BEA grille as your prize possession. The more I look at the one I just received, the more I want to build a glass showcase and set it up on the mantle of the fireplace. Man that thing is just too pretty to let a bug smack it and get goo all over it
Like this?
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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
[Re: moparclown]
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01/04/09 02:44 PM
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I am going to store my stock 71 Cuda front end and already have repop fenders and gills for the car. A grille would allow me to take my mint OEM grille and put it away also.
Chuck
If Mike decides to make the 71 grille and it looks as good as the 70 grille, then you will want to keep the BEA grille as your prize possession. The more I look at the one I just received, the more I want to build a glass showcase and set it up on the mantle of the fireplace. Man that thing is just too pretty to let a bug smack it and get goo all over it
Like this?
Looks like that Premier Plastics ABS grille that they no longer sell you have there.
Sure they "sell" it, but will just take your money and you're left w/nothing.
Total ripoff. Dave at Roseville lost $7k w/those scammers. 
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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
[Re: 2fast4yourBrain]
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01/04/09 03:41 PM
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I am going to store my stock 71 Cuda front end and already have repop fenders and gills for the car. A grille would allow me to take my mint OEM grille and put it away also.
Chuck
If Mike decides to make the 71 grille and it looks as good as the 70 grille, then you will want to keep the BEA grille as your prize possession. The more I look at the one I just received, the more I want to build a glass showcase and set it up on the mantle of the fireplace. Man that thing is just too pretty to let a bug smack it and get goo all over it
Like this?
Looks like that Premier Plastics ABS grille that they no longer sell you have there.
Sure they "sell" it, but will just take your money and you're left w/nothing.
Total ripoff. Dave at Roseville lost $7k w/those scammers.
No way,everyone of those grilles are original grilles from Ma Mopar.
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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
[Re: moparclown]
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01/30/09 11:08 PM
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Mike, I don't see the value in grinding up the grilles. This is not even funny when there are fellow cuda owners that don't have a grille and can't afford one. I don't need a grille as my car had a good one (I am fortunate). Everyone don't make enough money to go spend $1000 - 1500 for a grille for their car. I do think that the parts you are selling are top notch though. Excellent work! I have thought about buying an extra grille for my cuda.
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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
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01/31/09 02:01 AM
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I did some checking on BAE and from what Im told all their stuff is made in China. So since they can't sell the 70 grills BAE is going to shred them up for $0.50 pound and send the pieces back to China to make other parts? Ya...right!!!
Did your "checking on BAE" consist of talking directly with Mike Ross or an officer of the company concerning this matter? If not, your input about this scenario is nothing more than unsubstantiated gossip.
It amazes me how people will take the time to talk with everyone other than those who are actually involved in a particular situation. By the way, the company that you did some "checking on" is BE&A......not BAE. That could explain the incorrect information you conveyed in this thread.
Man you are really beating the whole "everyone except you is uninformed" thing into the ground.
I have not wasted the time to re-read the whole thread, just to see what has & has not been deleted since it 1st showed up (or maybe one just like it)
But it was stated at one point, by the man himself that he was going to grind up the unsold 70 grills that hadn't sold in what amounted to just a few short months.  That shocked many people on here, who figured they had at least until next spring to save up the cash for one. He stated he wanted the resin to make the 71 grills or some such... and when pressed for how in the heck could shredding them be more cost effective than discounting them, I believe taxes came up. So it would appear the way to make out, is not by reusing the $0.50lb resin as claimed, but by taking a tax right off.
In any even... I think the ONLY reason this thread has developed into what it has is because people still want the 70 grills!!! They are just venting frustration at being informed that it was a "Limited TIME offering"(with a built in scrap date) and not just a "Limited Run" that would be available until sold out. Giving the average Joe time to save up.
That is what I get out of all this...
But feel free to keep twisting everyone's words around and pounding it into the ground if you want 
Those 70 grills look so good they should be protected by the US gov... instead of the polar bears
The thought of them being shredded is just too much to bare 
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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
[Re: Runner2go]
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01/31/09 11:08 PM
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From my experience, 100% regrind use creates defective product. I think the maximum limit figure is somewhere around 15% regrind mixed in with virgin resin during injection molding. This figure does vary with different resins... Soft tool aluminum molds are good for 100K shots and cost anywhere from $3000 and up (very high up). Check www.protomold.com if you don't believe me. Hard tool steel molds are good for 1 million + shots and generally cost double what the soft tool molds cost. So, seems like the minimum number of grilles that could be produced if a soft tool mold exists is 100,000 grilles. Is BEA actually molding these parts? I see them on Goodmark's sight without the marker lights and paint... Just curious...
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Re: 71 Cuda grille CHECKING MARKET INTEREST
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03/06/09 05:34 PM
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I missed this thread originally & just found it doing a Barracuda parts search on Google.  I've seen some of the repro parts from B/E & A Restoration Parts, & I think they'd do a much better job at a '71 Cuda grille than Premiere Plastics ever did, does, or will still do. Actually, there are still '71 Cuda grilles on ebay constantly, & a current vendor selling 2 of them right now along with a Charger grille. The vendor is from the Premiere Plastics "old" location in Fresno, CA. I don't know if this vendor has any ties to PP, but it looks like it does. If not, then maybe they are just selling off an old inventory. Cuda Grille Auction 1: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/71-cuda-b...A1%7C240%3A1318Cuda Grille Auction 2: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/71-cuda-b...A1%7C240%3A1318Charger Grille Auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/69-CHARGE...A1%7C240%3A1318I bought my '71 Cuda grille from Premiere Plastics several years ago. At the time it was a decent company, just slow, but PP has ruined their reputation with a total lack of customer service as well as not shipping grilles at all after recieving payment for them. Even I waited 4 months for mine & could never get them to respond to an email or return a call. I have also read enough negative comments & dealings about PP that I'd never buy from, or recommend them again. To critique the actual quality of the repro grille from PP, I think it's an adequate & usable part, but not good enough for a good restoration where a person will be more critical of what they use on their car. I never installed the grille in the car & have since decided to sell the vehicle, but I do see that it did not hold it's original shape & contours in storage. The plastic is flexible & will go back into the correct shape & once installed the grille support structure should keep it in place. If I end up not selling the car, my plan is to restore it at a later date & use the PP repro grille. If B/E & A Restoration Parts does make the '71 Cuda grille, I will purchase one of theirs & use it in place of the PP made one. I hope to see it made since I know there are a lot of unhappy PP customers that can't afford an OEM grille costing anywhere from $1500 to $3500 each.
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