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The lack of interaction from those who are in charge of new product consideration is why I decided to post what I did, I hope this exchange opens the door to further attention and information sharing on new products. |
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I did source JUST NOS grills, valance, turn signal and side markers with housings. Already had hood. Would have been cheaper to clone over whole front end. Added it up both ways myself. Problem is… “it’s just a Lemans.” Hard loaded 1/1673 70 Sport Coupes ever built. I wasn’t about to give up that front end. So I spent more building “just a Lemans” than I would having “identified as” as GTO. I’d be happy to fly wherever and furnish NOS parts for the copy. If it could just be made to break even, keep existing cars in parts, and maybe save a Sport Coupe, T-37, GT-37 or someone’s dads “just a Lemans” from being cloned out of existence, I think that would be cool. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
If there was a market for 1970 Lemans fenders, grills, header panel, clear parking lamp lenses, and side maker lenses, I would be all over that. I have several NOS fenders, a header panel, grills, lenses and housings. It's just hard to find that small group of people who would be willing to dish some money out... Mike
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Individual Pieces From A Blue Orange Pink 1970 Judge Stripe Kit
I could really use a few individual pieces from a Blue Orange Pink Judge stripe kit.
I have a complete set of Red Yellow Black stripes, plus The Judge decals to sell/trade. Perhaps a vendor or manufacturer could make the individual pieces available in the near future. Thanks very much, in advance, for any consideration toward this matter. ;)MD |
1973 Firebird grill “Pontiac “ emblem
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Rear Leaf Spring Rebound Clips
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One of our PY members had reproduced rear leaf spring rebound clips some time ago but recently retired
It was a great quality product There is no other source for these clips that come close to matching the originals @Max Performance This is a part that has a wide application (70-81 firebirds) |
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Wish there was something at least close still available .. I'd do whatever is necessary to fab a bracket long as the throw and specs on the solenoid where the same.
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I fortunatly found a pair but the 1965 quarter panel extensions (Taillight housings) are getting hard to find good ones.
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Vacuum line harnesses for HVAC systems, with the transparent rubber female connector that the vacuum lines attach to, which then connects to the main rotary switch. These have never been reproduced, and duplicating the vacuum lines is difficult due to the unavailability of the thin plastic tubing and black rubber ends.
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68-72 Bench seat plastic armrest bolt "finishing covers"
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Weird question, but with the intro of 3D scanning tools coming out. Couldn't we get a group together at Pontiac Nationals, etc to have people bring in rare items for scanning? It wouldn't be too much to get the scanned in models QC'd by someone with CAD experience and have 3D printed or molded for reproduction by companies, etc.
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Forum members have gotten together and done this with a few small items. And you are correct, these days, if you have the CAD file, you can get most anything replicated for a reasonable cost assume it doesn't involve manufacturing techniques that are complex or no longer use.
Simple parts made of uniform metal, or plastic are typically doable, but combined items like for instance pillar post covers that are stamped metal, foam and skinned with vinyl it gets way more complicated for us DIY'ers to do. |
Probably mentioned 10x on previous 500 pages, but the white crumbly plastic fillers that go between dashpad and A-pillar cover on 70-81 Firebirds. But would need a low mileage sample and retrieving it would likely destroy it. But perhaps be enough to get idea of size and shape to create something. #20105596.
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