....you modified guys are nuts 
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The pieces from BE&A are beautiful. Save your
self a headache and buy them.
logan426
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The pieces from BE&A are beautiful. Save your
self a headache and buy them.
logan426
Yes the automatic ones are. The 4spd ones are junk and don't fit. They are expensive wall art. Here is Mike from BEA letting everyone know they don't fit but yet all vendors still continue to sell them. So if it's a stickshift get the original one plated...
https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...e=0#Post4030703
"I have received numerous private emails pertaining to this post and that I should respond to the issues. I have been aware of the thread, however, I didn’t want to jump on without all my ducks in a row.
Both the 67-68 & 69-70 4-speed top plate tools have issues, a lot of the parts coming out of the tool are bad. I’ve been test fitting all the top plates since 3:00 am. this morning and what I found was many of the 4-speed plates, from the batch I tested, are junk no question. All the automatic plates fitment was correct, they were made from totally different tooling then the 4-speed plates."
FROM MIKE @ BEA
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I thought Mike had that all sorted out now, and that the procedure was to return your defective plate to your place of purchase to get the ball rolling on getting a replacement.
Maybe He'll chime in?
Tav
Mike Ross showing the way business should be done... This "problem" is actually what caused me to recently buy some parts from BEA...
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The pieces from BE&A are beautiful. Save your
self a headache and buy them.
logan426
Yes the automatic ones are. The 4spd ones are junk and don't fit. They are expensive wall art. Here is Mike from BEA letting everyone know they don't fit but yet all vendors still continue to sell them. So if it's a stickshift get the original one plated...
https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...e=0#Post4030703
"I have received numerous private emails pertaining to this post and that I should respond to the issues. I have been aware of the thread, however, I didn’t want to jump on without all my ducks in a row.
Both the 67-68 & 69-70 4-speed top plate tools have issues, a lot of the parts coming out of the tool are bad. I’ve been test fitting all the top plates since 3:00 am. this morning and what I found was many of the 4-speed plates, from the batch I tested, are junk no question. All the automatic plates fitment was correct, they were made from totally different tooling then the 4-speed plates."
FROM MIKE @ BEA
I am stuck with mine and a pair of headrests that may not fit.
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Was there a different way I should have handled this situation? It's not about our company, it's about all our customers satisfaction and that we are a good stuart to the hobby that matters.
Michael C. Ross - Owner
B/E & A Restoration Parts, Inc.
www.beaparts.com
330-725-3990
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Was there a different way I should have handled this situation? It's not about our company, it's about all our customers satisfaction and that we are a good stuart to the hobby that matters.
Michael C. Ross - Owner
B/E & A Restoration Parts, Inc.
www.beaparts.com
330-725-3990
Actually yes. First off I am in no way blasting YOU personally and appreciate parts being made for our old Mopar muscle. That being said I would of had them pulled from the market place. There were and still are alot of vendors STILL selling the junk ones after you said they were junk. Between your company who sells here in the states and Peter in Canada(PG Classics) who actually makes these parts,a large percentage could have been removed from the market place by contacting whole-sale people you guys supplied. Instead these will be floating around for years to come on e-bay,flea markets and project cars etc.. Now knowing this was also going to be a large problem. I would have also made a marking of some sort so everyone would know these are the correctly tooled ones marked like "2nd generation" so people are not afraid to purchase them. Was this done? If so can we see the identifying marks so we can distinguish between the two? Again you asked so I figured I would let you know how I would have handled it and made it better for the hobbyist.
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Was there a different way I should have handled this situation? It's not about our company, it's about all our customers satisfaction and that we are a good stuart to the hobby that matters.
Michael C. Ross - Owner
B/E & A Restoration Parts, Inc.
www.beaparts.com
330-725-3990
Actually yes. First off I am in no way blasting YOU personally and appreciate parts being made for our old Mopar muscle. That being said I would of had them pulled from the market place. There were and still are alot of vendors STILL selling the junk ones after you said they were junk. Between your company who sells here in the states and Peter in Canada(PG Classics) who actually makes these parts,a large percentage could have been removed from the market place by contacting whole-sale people you guys supplied. Instead these will be floating around for years to come on e-bay,flea markets and project cars etc.. Now knowing this was also going to be a large problem. I would have also made a marking of some sort so everyone would know these are the correctly tooled ones marked like "2nd generation" so people are not afraid to purchase them. Was this done? If so can we see the identifying marks so we can distinguish between the two? Again you asked so I figured I would let you know how I would have handled it and made it better for the hobbyist.
"a large percentage could have been removed from the market place by contacting whole-sale people you guys supplied."
Now why would you just make the assumption that wasn't done? You know that to be a fact that we didn’t? Dealers didn’t stock that part because of the price. They were notified immediately that the plates were no longer available until the new tooling was completed. All customers that purchased plates from B/E & A were notified of the potential problem and course of action.
If there really was that many plates in the market that didn’t fit don’t you think we would of heard of more than just a couple here on Moparts?
Instead of making statements as facts, call me first so I can tell you the rest of the story so when you post you’ll have it right.