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NOS Sheet Metal? #2383514
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How long after the initial run of sheet metal did the factory keep stamping parts?

The 70 Charger NOS quarter in the for sale section has a date way past 1970. work


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Re: NOS Sheet Metal? [Re: moparpollack] #2383519
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I bought 2 NOS 1970 charger quarters about 1980 or so ( 2 of the same side)
Bought a pair of NOS fenders for a 1969 Road runner about the same time frame

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I think back then they were required
By law to carry parts for 14 years from date of manufacture for a new car.

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Originally Posted By flypaper
I think back then they were required
By law to carry parts for 14 years from date of manufacture for a new car.
That did not work so well for me, I went to my Plymouth dealer in 78 to order some parts for my 69 GTX and while I was able to order most of what I wanted one part I was told was no longer available, the drivers side tail light bezel, it took me years to find one.

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Originally Posted By flypaper
I think back then they were required
By law to carry parts for 14 years from date of manufacture for a new car.

I believe it was 7 years

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I believe it was 7 years or less.
There was always a lot of complaints back when parts for the 426 wasn't readily available, even when only a couple of years old.
I was in a Mopar dealer ship in 1980 during the Chrysler/economy flop, and they had NOS quarters and fenders they were returning to Ma Mopar for a credit.
They had Challenger quarters and 71 Cuda front fenders for $ 100.00 a piece.

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I bought my 67 GTX in 1976 and the partsman told me the rule was 10 years. Around 1980 when I was buying parts for a 70 Challenger he told me the rule had been changed but I can't remember exactly, however 7 years sounds about right.


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I vote for 7 years too.


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Re: NOS Sheet Metal? [Re: moparpollack] #2383592
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going back 7 years is just old wives tales.
it depends on what manufacturer it is and what parts you need.
as 1971d21 stated 426 parts wern't available after a couple of years.
on my 08 bullitt mustang ford discontinued the special turned dash parts in early 2010 and they made 09 bullits.
i work at a VW dealer. we just ordered and got parts for a 90's jetta. then we tried ordering odd dash parts for a 2011 and they were not available.

in my opinion. if the parts sell reasonably well they are made for a LONG time. as soon as orders taper off they don't get made again, the newer the car the worse it gets. it doesn't matter what manufacturer it is.


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I was always told it was 10 years too, but everything is up to interpretation. work I wrecked my 69 Dart GTS in 1978 and they just laughed at me. I did get inner fenderwells from the dealer that were later model. frown I know that the NOS fenders for Darts were not even close to original, recessed antenna hole, different inner fender mounting, different in the front near the hood adjuster, so not all NOS parts work good. tsk


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I purchased NOS right fender for my 70 Cuda in 1980, but it took several attempts as they kept sending a 72-4 fender to the dealer...luckily I had a friend in the parts dept...and he didn't give up on it.


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I'm not sure how long they produced parts after a given run, but I was told at 10 years the parts and numbers were purged from inventory. I don't know what happens to them then.

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In 93' or 94' I purchased an NOS AM radio faceplate for my 69' Super Bee from a dealer. I had the part number, they ran it and found supposedly the last one available. It was on the shelf at a dealer in Virginia (I'm in Massachusetts). I think it depends on what is/was kicking around in the dealership parts departments.

Back in the 80's & 90's I found if you had the part number, the parts department coud do a search for any given part. I haven't checked at a dealer in many years, figure any good stuff was bought long ago.


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Originally Posted By BeeOrange
In 93' or 94' I purchased an NOS AM radio faceplate for my 69' Super Bee from a dealer. I had the part number, they ran it and found supposedly the last one available. It was on the shelf at a dealer in Virginia (I'm in Massachusetts). I think it depends on what is/was kicking around in the dealership parts departments.

Back in the 80's & 90's I found if you had the part number, the parts department coud do a search for any given part. I haven't checked at a dealer in many years, figure any good stuff was bought long ago.


It also depends on the dealers listing what they have on the shelf. In 1999 I found a window limit switch for a 68 Coronet Wagon the exact same way

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The 10 and 7 year rules applied to body repair panels not other parts.


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I had a conversation with a Mopar block man in '74 and discussed this with him. Basically he said that Chrysler did a projection of how many vehicles of a certain kind they would sell for a given model year. Based on that projection, they would then produce replacement parts based on the number of vehicles projected to be sold and the historical consumption of that part. As examples he told me that more parts for the left side of a vehicle would be produced than the right side, fenders, headlight doors, taillight lens's, etc. He went on to say that a good example of this approach not working was when the Max Wedges were first produced. Chrysler produced a number of replacement cranks based on historical passenger car usage. When that stock was quickly used up due to racing service, Max Wedge cranks, according to him, were in short supply. That's what he told me, take it for what it's worth. shruggy


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Originally Posted By 69x
Originally Posted By flypaper
I think back then they were required
By law to carry parts for 14 years from date of manufacture for a new car.
That did not work so well for me, I went to my Plymouth dealer in 78 to order some parts for my 69 GTX and while I was able to order most of what I wanted one part I was told was no longer available, the drivers side tail light bezel, it took me years to find one.


I used to work at a local Dodge dealership. And had a 1969 GTX hardtop at the time. As the day wound down. Occasionally would go into the parts dept and do a search on a long list of parts for my GTX.
One night after a rather tough day ( sometime early 2000s time frame )
I grabbed a coke and sat down at the parts mgr desk and ran my list.
Low and behold the left tail bezel pt number came back as in stock at a dealer in NJ I think it was.
I nearly fell out of the seat rolling around to grab the phone to call on it. A young guy answered and yep, he shows it. Just put in in the system that day. I asked him to pull it and describe it to me. Came back and sure sounded like it. So I gave him my credit card number and said send it.

Showed up a few days later. Sure enough there it was. All in sent to me for something like $60 delivered.

After I sold the car several years later. I sold the pair of bezels for a tidy sum.

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7 years for sure, 10 likely correct in some instances.
When I got my 71 Cuda in 1976 I used to be at my dealer all the time checking on the availablity and ordering parts, stuff like wheellip mldgs, chrome headlight bezels, rocker trim, fender louvers, valances, just better stuff than what was on the car.
They got so tired of looking stuff up to order for me, that they gave me a ratty 70-71 parts book and told me to bring the numbers in I wanted.
In or around 1980 I went in with the correct part number and had my dealer order a 71 header panel after putting a ding in mine.
Parts guy told me it was NLS... No Longer Serviced( same as NS-1 in the US ).
They still priced out and I kept bugging him why, so , to brush me off he gave me the phone number of the Mississauga Depot, said to call and ask to talk to the 'parts specifier'and ask him, which I did.
Specifier said " Look there are about 75 of these in the corresponding bin but I cant sell you one, I'd give you one if I could but I cant even do that.
Once they are deemed a 'slow moving part' they are taken off the system, non-servicable item, and must be scrapped"
Moreless to say that, in 1978 or so, people weren't ordering a 71 Barracuda header panel every day, so they had to make room in that bin for more current parts.

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Originally Posted By gtx6970
Originally Posted By 69x
Originally Posted By flypaper
I think back then they were required
By law to carry parts for 14 years from date of manufacture for a new car.
That did not work so well for me, I went to my Plymouth dealer in 78 to order some parts for my 69 GTX and while I was able to order most of what I wanted one part I was told was no longer available, the drivers side tail light bezel, it took me years to find one.


I used to work at a local Dodge dealership. And had a 1969 GTX hardtop at the time. As the day wound down. Occasionally would go into the parts dept and do a search on a long list of parts for my GTX.
One night after a rather tough day ( sometime early 2000s time frame )
I grabbed a coke and sat down at the parts mgr desk and ran my list.
Low and behold the left tail bezel pt number came back as in stock at a dealer in NJ I think it was.
I nearly fell out of the seat rolling around to grab the phone to call on it. A young guy answered and yep, he shows it. Just put in in the system that day. I asked him to pull it and describe it to me. Came back and sure sounded like it. So I gave him my credit card number and said send it.

Showed up a few days later. Sure enough there it was. All in sent to me for something like $60 delivered.

After I sold the car several years later. I sold the pair of bezels for a tidy sum.
Man you lucked out, wish I had paid only $60. makes me feel kind of sick.

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