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.

 

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)!

 

It doesn't make sense.All of your Cutlass 'S',F85,Cutlass wagon,Vista Cruiser,etc.,came with these same grilles

 

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.

 

Haven't all the lesser Cutlii been turned into clones... er, TRIBUTE cars anyway?

 

Haha, yes they have.
Another funny thing is, a 442 and an f-85 are both worth the same amount in scrap steel as any other GM heap from the last 40 years.

 

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