Their philosophy is that for every 50 Camaro parts they sell to a Firebird owner:
30 of them won't know it's a Camaro part because they didn't have the original part to start with.
10 of them would know the part is wrong, but assume no one makes the correct part, and will hack and grind to get the Camaro part to fit.
7 of them will let the part sit on a shelf for months (even years) for a future resto, and will never know.
3 of them will return the part as being wrong, and get a refund.
Classic Industries is pretty bad with their information. My favorite was when the president of Classic Industries appeared on "My Classic Car" to promote reproduction hoods, and he had a 1969 Trans Am hood. He stated that the hood was EXACTLY like the original, down the slightest detail. Dennis Gage (host) remarked that the repro hood was fiberglass, weren't the original hoods steel? The Classic Industries president stated again that this 1969 Trans Am fiberglass hood was EXACTLY like the original hood, and that 1969 Trans Am's came with fiberglass hoods. Dennis replied with a puzzled look, "Uhh...wow, I didn't know that". Dennis appeared to know the guy was mistaken, but hey, Classic Industries is a sponsor of the show, so he let it slide.
And that, friends, is how bad the reproduction parts business has become today.
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