1966 cutlass front fender extensions or end caps near grille/ headlights. i have one set that is in primer and perfect and one set that has been chromed asking 50 for either set. send P.M. or text me at 850-210-6381 also parting out a 1966 cutlass convertible and 67 cutlass hardtop.

 

are they cast pot metal or plastic?

 

I will check when i go to the shop tomorrow. Almost positive they are pot metal .

 

I never saw them in plastic---and that is a cheap price. Need to be aware that 66 and 67 aren't the same

 

Upon further inspection, they indeed are metal in great shape. Yes, i know thats fairly cheap but im not currently using them, and if you would like to pay more, please do! I wont mind. Extras really, that others may need. And they are for a 66.

 

Would you like to see one? I have a 66 Cutlass front fender extension made from plastic or nylon. The parts book does not list a plastic/nylon for a Cutlass but they do list a nylon extension for a big car. The one I have is from a Cutlass.

 

Ship it up here and I'll take a look. I have probably parted 100+ 66s over the years and never saw a plastic, nylon, rubber, or what ever. All I ever saw were plain ol pot metal-----not saying you don't have one, just saying I never saw one. I guess if someone wanted to they could mold one from anything........LOL

 

Let do this. If you don't believe me,lets make a wager and how much is up to you. I have better things to do than make up BS like this. If I say I have it,I have it. As a matter of fact,RuntoRund also has one. We both have right hand sides,could be a coincidence,don't know. I'm just like you,I have parted A LOT of 66's. I'm not trying to be a smart @$$ about it but my reputation says I don't BS about this stuff. As they say,the ball is in your court,name the amount and make it light on yourself. FWIW,it is rubber,not plastic as it bends with pressure and springs back to shape,does diecast do that? I'm not busting your ***** on this but when you say anybody can make anything,sounds like you think I'm full of it.

 

Hahaha easy there fellas...I dont doubt that there are some made from rubber that are much less common than the pot metal ones like mine. Do they have any factory stampings on the inside or any marks at all? Anythings possible, i can't understand why somebody would chrome a set but here they are on my shelf , never mounted! BTW if any wager is won or lost, i expect a cut for stimulating the conversation! Ha

 

Not a problem for me,I just don't like it when I post something that's the straight up truth and Don doesn't believe it. I've said it a million times,I never say never when it comes to life in general,especially mass produced automobiles. It doesn't have any markings or a variant from the die cast other than being rubber. I could post a picture of it I suppose but it doesn't look different from a die cast unit. I'll try to figure out a way to post a picture showing it's pliable.

 

I don't think my post in any way doubts that you have this item--only that I had never seen one-----didn't mean to get your shorts in a knot.

 

The plastic part is a hard plastic with no identifiers that I found. The two alignment dowels are cut out along one side, and the middle bolt boss along the side is not there. Hence it uses one fewer bolts to mount it to the fender.

I suspect Olds made some of them as prototypes, just as they made some plastic inner fenders while using steel on most cars. If the plastic stuff held up as well, perhaps they planned to go to it later, universally. It might even be that there were only right hand plastic fender tips, so they could be compared to the durability of pot metal on the same car, same environment.

 

Well,you did say you haven't seen one,I'll give you that but when you come with I guess somebody could make one,that's where I got torqued. Why in the world would somebody make a 66 fender extension out of something other than die cast? I'm here to help and swap information,not BS anybody. So no problem here.

 

Fern----"I've parted 100 + 66's"-------Mike----" I've parted lots of 66's"-----DAAAAAAAMN!!---- Now I know why I can't find no parts anywhere !!

 

I've owned and parted dozens of 66's and have found one plastic RH off of a 07C build date Cutlass Lansing built car that was still in orignal paint.

Henry

 

If we hadn't parted out or scrounged in junkyards decades ago, there wouldn't be any parts at all out there! I haven't seen a 66 in a boneyard in a long time!

 

OK,there's 3 that we know of,I don't have to send mine off to be authenticated. Seriously,there's a lot of abnormalities when it comes to mass produced cars and Olds were not immune from them.

Don

We're cool man and I didn't mean any disrespect but you know I've been around a while and I figured you would know that I'm straight up.

 

Come on Danny,you know I've been doing this for a loooooong time and particularly 66's. Me and Dad (Rund) have probably got 66 stuff laying around for you.

 

Hey you boys know I'm just teazin. I was in the towing business ( 70 to 76 ) and my race car partner ran a huge junk yard. The oil embargo hit in 73 and muscle cars and tanks became practically worthless. Chills run down my spine every time I think about what we crushed. OMG

 

Somewhat off topic but I began raiding junkyards around 1988 to about 1990. Lots of 70-72 Cutlasses still showing up then. I was keen enough to pluck as many taillight and parking light lens, headlight bezels, grilles, etc. as I could but sold them cheap before the prices went high. Don't remember seeing many 64-67s then. I remember a stripped 69 442 post without a doghouse. Also a 69 Grand Prix with SSJ 428 badges on it. Motor and trans were gone. Still a very nice car. I got the dark green headrests out of it. I remember those junkyard cars were in much better shape than what I had to settle for later in the 90s and early 2000s.

 

I was in the Pa/WV area in the mid 70s and the supply of 66-7s was drying up there. I found some in the early 80s in NV. By the 90s there was nothing left, with few exceptions, like the 66 I got from a guy who bought it from a NV junkyard to scavenge a few parts. I got what was left in 1995 and a decade later made the Rund re-creation from it.

 

Ok, so these for sure won't work for a '67? I neeed some for a '67.

 

No,66 are different from 67.

 

ok, suprisingly enough I found some at the salvage yard at lunch.