The FS&W threads about JJay's '74 front grill and the guy who stiffed Chris on the speedo cable started me thinking about stuff that is getting seriously hard to find and doesn't have a decent substitute:
- '74 front grills.
- The choke knob cap. Bayless had two a few years back, listed at $5.00 or so apiece. They sold them and then they weren't any left. I watched another one sell on e-bay after that for close to $40.00.
- The front panel for the instrument cluster (if you want to look through it, that is. Fogged is easy).
These things have in common that they deteriorate and break, so replying on NOS supplies and parts cars doesn't work, and there are no decent substitutes. They'll be gone forever if someone doesn't start making them new again.
Questions: What is the total demand, from now until the heat death of the universe, for these parts? A few hundred at most? What would prices look like if a year's production run is going to be a few tens of units max?
- '74 front grills.
- The choke knob cap. Bayless had two a few years back, listed at $5.00 or so apiece. They sold them and then they weren't any left. I watched another one sell on e-bay after that for close to $40.00.
- The front panel for the instrument cluster (if you want to look through it, that is. Fogged is easy).
These things have in common that they deteriorate and break, so replying on NOS supplies and parts cars doesn't work, and there are no decent substitutes. They'll be gone forever if someone doesn't start making them new again.
Questions: What is the total demand, from now until the heat death of the universe, for these parts? A few hundred at most? What would prices look like if a year's production run is going to be a few tens of units max?
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