Re: Worst repro part ever done?
[Re: mikemee1331]
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05/11/11 05:19 PM
05/11/11 05:19 PM
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never been a fan of legendarys headliners. I dont know if im cursed, but Ive had several in a row that were sewen wrong and dont have the correct loops for the bows. ends up being a lot of work putting them in! and Ill second the crappy trunk mats. sure wouldn't think itd be that hard to come up with a better mat
1971 Plymouth Duster 340 auto 1937 Plymouth PT50 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 4 speed 2013 Ram laramie 2500 hemi 2008 Harley FLSTSB springer
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Re: Worst repro part ever done?
[Re: mopars_1]
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05/11/11 05:41 PM
05/11/11 05:41 PM
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pishta
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I also got a Legendary headliner for my '65. 2 Panels were too wide so they never tightened up and the rear sail panel was cut too short. Also the thing must have been stored outside or been on the vendor table for a long time as the creases from the fold could never get taught, like it stretched or something. Looks like crap but its slightly better than bare metal with bows and glue splatter.
It goes for other makes too, that show that rest-mods muscle cars and sells them for huge bucks at BJ and other auctions (ie EFI, paddle shifters, tubular suspension, always blue metallic paint, 4 disc, Ford 9's on everything, etc) bought a repo Pontiac elastomeric front bumper for a GTO and it was 2 inches too narrow! I dont think they were able to use it.
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Re: Worst repro part ever done?
[Re: new bee]
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05/12/11 12:58 AM
05/12/11 12:58 AM
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b-body door cat whiskers and and window wipes get my vote!
This is true unless you buy Topcat whiskers. They work very well.
Not entirely true...My Top Cat's are definitely TOO thick...the windows will hardly roll up and down. 68 GTX.
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Re: Worst repro part ever done?
[Re: Kern Dog]
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05/12/11 05:38 AM
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Working in the hot rod supply store for well over a year doing the S&H i saw all kinds ov ugly crap. Some ov it was just utterly unacceptable. But the worst, and i mean THE WORST abortion ov craftsmanship being passed off as replacement parts were the 69-71 Fury quarter skins... cant remember the company (not like there could be more than one). I wanted a pair for my 71 at the time, finding only rust locally, and i was warned, warned again, and then vehemently warned about dropping the idea. Well then, a year later some poor schmuck walks in and orders them, after the same warnings, he didn't care... and we got them soon after.
These things looked like some drunk toothless hillbilly high on shine and diesel fumes got angry and bent some cheap sheetmetal over a split-rail fence. They didn't even have the Fury body lines. How do you even make a mold this bad...??? Oddly, the company that made them made other models' panels in good quality... but woe betide the guy that NEEDS some quarters for his Fury...
Ugh.
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Re: Worst repro part ever done?
[Re: AARCONV]
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05/12/11 05:48 PM
05/12/11 05:48 PM
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cuda inside door lock knobs...fits over the shaft but is drilled to high to allow the set screw to pass over it..better off with the originals....
Yep,i have a set also,wont fit.
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Re: Worst repro part ever done?
[Re: N9671X2]
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05/13/11 12:10 AM
05/13/11 12:10 AM
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I purchased reproduction wheel well mouldings and reproduction valance moulding.....and the originals are back on the car and the repops are on the shelf.
Dave
Dave, who did you get the wheel opening moldings from? I got them from Dale's Cuda Shop and they fit perfect, I was shocked, but they were the best fitting repop wom's I ever seen.
Same here; I just got a set of wheel opening moldings for my '69 GTX from Metro Parts in Georgia and THEY FIT PERFECT!!! They were in plastic labeled Authentic Mopar Restoration and the screw holes were in the perfect/correct location and I just took my time with installing them and Heard all of the horror stories about wheel opening moldings and was going to leave them off if they didn't fit but they were no problem. Thank you MP and AMR
MikeR
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