repop 70 S grills
September 27th, 2010, 06:50 PM
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repop 70 S grills
I have been wondering for sometime why they repop the supreme and 442 grill but why is there not a repop S grill? Not everybody is restoring a supreme or 442. Seems there are alot of S cars being restored and not that many N.O.S. grills out there if you can afford them. Just thinking out loud about this.
September 27th, 2010, 08:56 PM
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I've wondered the same thing. I guess the restoration market has more demand for Supremes and 442s. The lower Cutlass models just don't get no respect (wonder if Rodney Dangerfield ever drove a Cutlass S)!
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September 28th, 2010, 08:14 AM
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Dang, don't you people know ANYTHING? Everybody knows the only Oldsmobiles worth fooling with are 442s! So we're only gonna make reproduction stuff for those- the money cars!
Tongue in cheek as that may be, it's about the truth. Most of the repop manufacturers figure the high-rollers are not going to do anything with a "lesser" car and go for where they think the money will be- and in the Barrett-Jackson-tainted old car world we live in, that means musclecars.
But yeah, a lotta guys can no longer play in those circles because of the money involved, so they're going for the S and similar cars, and there's a vast untapped market if the repop guys will only see it.
You oughta try finding anything for a big car. Except for a few scripts and rubber pieces, reproduction does not exist for those.
Tongue in cheek as that may be, it's about the truth. Most of the repop manufacturers figure the high-rollers are not going to do anything with a "lesser" car and go for where they think the money will be- and in the Barrett-Jackson-tainted old car world we live in, that means musclecars.
But yeah, a lotta guys can no longer play in those circles because of the money involved, so they're going for the S and similar cars, and there's a vast untapped market if the repop guys will only see it.
You oughta try finding anything for a big car. Except for a few scripts and rubber pieces, reproduction does not exist for those.
September 28th, 2010, 09:22 AM
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September 28th, 2010, 10:02 AM
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October 8th, 2010, 04:44 PM
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I think the whole deal is that Brian and Joe have a big stash of the OEM grills hidden out and only sell off a pair once or twice a year to keep the prices up. I am still trying to figure out how much of the funds are being paid out to the repro parts houses to keep them from making new ones. LOL only kidding guys
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