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Depends on if you want steel or fiberglass.
Ted Janak is the man for steel parts. He also sells glass noses

http://wingedwarriorbodyparts.com/

or Dayclona

http://wingedwarriorbodyparts.com/


and there's another guy I believe down in the south (Mississippi?) but his name escapes me now.I'm sure others will chime in

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Hmmmmmm,.............Ted Janak, in Texas, makes a fiberglass nose cone, always has,

Dayclona,( That's me) in Massachussetts.......makes a fiberglass nose cone

Jack McGaughey, ...in Georgia, makes steel nosecones

Gene Gregory, in Indiana, ...makes steel nosecones



All of the above are the "Preimer" vendors for wingcar parts, each haveing their pros/cons......there are other vendors making wingcar parts, but they are the ones usually avoided.....


Be aware the wingcar market is very small, if your going to invest in a steel replica cone, your tooling return will probally never be seen?.......and if you think people complain about repro sheetmetal fitment problems now!,....wait until you deal with a few wingers!



Current market price of repro steel cones is $5K-$7K,.......Glass cones run from $600 for junk,....to $1500 avg for a quality cone



Mike

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How were they originally made??? Steel or aluminum???

I could make em by hand, with some "basic tooling" no real hard tooling. I could use one of my parts cars and a couple 70 charger fenders to test fit each cone to make sure they fit right with no problems. Its the same way I do the 64-67 HEMI scoops and MW scoops I sell and I have never had 1 single complaint regarding fitment or quality issues.

I could certainly do better than 5k for a repro steel nose cone.

Im just wondering if it would be worth it. I would plan on using a NOS nose cone as a pattern.

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1500 clams for a nose ? ... guess what part I will consider making directly when my production gets on-line !

On that site ....why are there no published prices ?

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Eric, the site with no prices, I assume your taking about Janaks site,.......if you get a catalog from him, prices are listed, they change with the weather with him..........the reason for higher priced fiberglassed cones on the market, such as mine, or Janaks, are that they fit!, all flanges are there for all of the necessary bulkheads, light buckets, valance tabs, latch tray attachment, etc, and they are done in one lay-up, no pcs added later, to crack, or split under driving/road stress, therefore a much more complex moulding process to achieve a 1 piece construction, more set-up time, more "dress" time to trim out a peice, plus premium fiberglass supplies/materials equate to more costs associated to the finished product, my cone usually takes 40 hrs actual man hrs. from raw start(mold prep) to ship ready.....the cheaper fiberglass cones on the market, suffer from poor fit/shape, little to no flanges, poor lay-up, or choice of materials, construction, etc, and the ablilty to use factory, repro parts from other manufacturers,.....if your going to enter the winger market, there's only two ends to the market $1.98 wingers....or high end wingers, no in between exsists in this market,.....I didn't make the rules, just they way it is.......plus when you start a "wing" endeavor, most, if not all customers want the corresponding componets to go with your offerings,....because there's not many places to turn to for parts that interchange with other vendors offerings,.....wingcar part suppling has a way of snowballing your plans for production.....

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Looks good ..... just curious -- why white gel-coat?

So your 10 pc mold bolts together? ... with pins and bushings ?

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Eric,


I can tint the white gel-coat to the customers color choice, within reason, black, gray, yellow, red, orange, etc for a favorable color underlayment depending on their finished car color, seeing the nose will be prone to road/rock chips,.....I use a premium marine UV stabilized Gel-coat versus the generic "gray" gel-coat, buy it by the drum crap that offers no UV protection to the mat underlayment



My mold is assembled using nylon pins for alignment, and nylon nuts/bolts for EASE of disassembly,.....if you know what I mean

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1500 clams for a nose ? ... guess what part I will consider making directly when my production gets on-line !

On that site ....why are there no published prices ?

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